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.
“SOVEWA”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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General construction of other non-residential buildings · Binche · since 2021
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Abbreviation of SOCIAAL VERHUURKANTOOR WAASLAND · Sint-Niklaas · since 2001
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Oreye · since 2017
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Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2011
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Activities of holding companies · Nieuwpoort · since 2010
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Site preparation · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2008
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General cleaning of buildings · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2024
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Turnhout · since 1989
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Activities of holding companies · Roeselare · since 1992
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Mechelen · since 1992
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Nijlen · since 2019
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Veterinary services · Thimister-Clermont · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Sociëteit van Verkoop op Comptant en Krediet · Gent · since 1952
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Leuven · since 1997
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE VETERINAIRE DE LIBIN · Veterinary services · Libin · since 2000
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Essen · since 2016
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE VETERINAIRE DOUCET · Veterinary services · Aiseau-Presles · since 2020
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Dendermonde · since 2022
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Abbreviation of SoVeto SB · Veterinary services · Hotton · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Poperinge · since 2022
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LONDON · since 2010
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Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · Grâce-Hollogne · since 2011
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Other business support services · Leuven · since 1998
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Abbreviation of Sociëteit voor Verkoop en Constructie · General construction of residential buildings · Middelkerke · since 1965