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.
“Somoco”
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
16 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Wingene · since 2012
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Wemmel · since 1987
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Kapellen · since 2015
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Vermogensbeheer · Ranst · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Tremelo · since 2010
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London · since 1979
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Abbreviation of Société Méditerranéenne des Echanges Commerciaux · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Mons · since 1981
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Activities of head offices · Machelen (Brab.) · since 1989
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Brasschaat · since 2013
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Other specialised construction activities · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2013
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Landscape service activities · since 2014
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Activities of holding companies · Deinze · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 2021
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Other business support services · Berlaar · since 2025
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Agents and brokers in banking services · Rixensart · since 2025
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of AUTO SATELLITES · Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Fleurus · since 1976
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Business and other management consultancy · Zottegem · since 2002
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Other information service activities · Essen · since 2018
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Abbreviation of So Motion · Brugge · since 2009
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Freight transport by road · Mechelen · since 2009
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Nursing and midwifery · Wevelgem · since 2024
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Other information service activities · Gent · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Mortsel · since 2024
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2000
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Other business support services · Namur · since 2001
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Sports and recreation education · since 2021
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Chaudfontaine · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Liège · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of Dimitri Driesmans · General electrical installation work · Lubbeek · since 2012
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2024
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Sports and recreation education · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Société Coloniale et Commerciale · Antwerpen · since 1932
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2015