Skip to content

Name check

Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“WEARESOFIE”

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

3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • London · since 2015
  • "We Are" similar
    Productie van televisieprogramma's · Leuven · since 2002
  • WE#ARE similar
    Advertising agencies · Namur · since 2018
  • We Are ASBL similar
    Koekelberg · since 2018
  • Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · since 2011
  • SOFIE similar
    Oostende · since 2011
  • SOFIE similar
    Deerlijk · since 2016
  • Detailhandel in breigarens, handwerken en fournituren · since 2011
  • SOFI-E similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Herentals · since 2020
  • Hairdressing and barber services · since 2009
  • SOFIE similar
    Abbreviation of SOCIETE FINANCIERE ET ECONOMIQUE · Business and other management consultancy · Le Roeulx · since 2006
  • Nursing and midwifery · since 2026
  • SOFIE similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Aarschot · since 2000

Next steps