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.
“Somebay”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Kampenhout · since 2018
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Plumbing work · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 1989
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Activities of holding companies · Lievegem · since 2011
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Abbreviation of Société Métallurgique de Baume · La Louvière · since 1925
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Société Métropolitaine des Bois · Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · Vincennes · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2018
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2022
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Abbreviation of SOLIDARITE MERE ET ENFANT · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2022
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Vervaardiging van elektrische en elektronische benodigdheden voor motorvoertuigen · Herselt · since 2010
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Antwerpen · since 2007
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Abbreviation of Société de Vente et d'Etude de Matériel et d'Equipement industriels · Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Sambreville · since 1963
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Wholesale of timber · Antwerpen · since 1935
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Abbreviation of Société de Maintenance et d'Exploitation de Lavoirs · Schaarbeek · since 1982
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE D'OPHTALMOLOGIEMEDICALE ET CHIRURGICALE · Ukkel · since 1998
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Computer programming · Gent · since 1998
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Seraing · since 1999
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Inland freight water transport · Liège · since 2001
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2019
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Other business support services · since 2026
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Dental practice · Zaventem · since 2010
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Vorst · since 2012
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Detailhandel in breigarens, handwerken en fournituren · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2007
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Construction of roads and motorways · since 2012