Name check
Is your company name already in the register? Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company in the KBO register already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector. Trademarks and domain names are checked separately.
“SofiCo”
An active company already has this name
The name is not unique in the register. In another sector the risk of confusion is smaller, but customers and search engines do not always make that distinction.
Also pick your activity to see whether a similar name exists in your own sector.
What this check does and does not say
- We compare against every name in the KBO register today: the name, the abbreviation and the trade names of enterprises and their establishments. Capitals, accents, punctuation and legal forms (bv, nv, srl, ...) do not count.
- This is not a trademark search and not legal advice on using the name. A name that is not in the register can still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the official registers of the Benelux Office for Intellectual Property (BOIP, boip.int) and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO, euipo.europa.eu).
- A domain name or a social media handle is also separate from the register.
Same or very similar names
18 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE WALLONNE DE FINANCEMENT COMPLEMENTAIRE DES INFRASTRUCTURES · Overheden van gemeenschappen en gewesten · Liège · since 1994
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Abbreviation of Société Financière coopérative · Colfontaine · since 1967
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Abbreviation of SOFT AND INFORMATICS COMPANY · Computer programming · Gent · since 1947
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Abbreviation of Société de Financement et de Commerce · Mouscron · since 1958
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Sombreffe · since 1988
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE FINANCIERE ET COMMERCIALE · Wholesale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products · Schaarbeek · since 1989
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Wholesale of wines and spirits · Knokke-Heist · since 1995
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Charleroi · since 1999
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Halen · since 2015
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Kortemark · since 1983
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Neufchâteau · since 1988
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Aalter · since 2000
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Vermogensbeheer · Lasne · since 2017
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE FINANCIERE ET IMMOBILIERE DE CORONMEUSE · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Herstal · since 1996
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · since 1985
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · since 1990
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Other education · Hasselt · since 2022
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Tournai · since 1960
Names that resemble it 41 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Verviers · since 1983
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Activities of holding companies · Knokke-Heist · since 1991
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Freight transport by road · Buggenhout · since 1995
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Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 1995
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Schaarbeek · since 2002
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2012
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Herent · since 2017
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Other education · since 2024
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2012
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Other tax advisory services · Elsene · since 1988
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Gerpinnes · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Société de Fiscalité de Gestion et de Comptabilité · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Binche · since 2015
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Meise · since 2020
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Nursing and midwifery · Roeselare · since 2021
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Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2008
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Activiteiten van bejaardenzorg aan huis, muv (thuis)verpleging · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Hasselt · since 2024
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Activities of head offices · Tienen · since 1995
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Business and other management consultancy · Knokke-Heist · since 1999
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Dendermonde · since 2000
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE A FINALITE D'INSERTION EN ENVIRONNEMENT · Materials recovery from waste · Seraing · since 2002
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Activities of holding companies · Knokke-Heist · since 2014
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 1994
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Other specialised construction activities · since 1996
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since 1994
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Deerlijk · since 2016
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1998
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since 2022
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2009
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Name of an establishment · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2005
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE FINANCIERE ET ECONOMIQUE · Business and other management consultancy · Le Roeulx · since 2006
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Antwerpen · since 2007
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Antwerpen · since 2007
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Anderlecht · since 2008
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Agents and brokers in banking services · Jurbise · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · Oostende · since 2025
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Advertising agencies · Sint-Niklaas · since 2025
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Antwerpen · since 1967
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Brussel · since 1985
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Abbreviation of Chocolaterie Meurisse · Antwerpen · since 1947
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Aalter · since 1988