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.
“SOWA”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other specialised construction activities · Wavre · since 1993
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Abbreviation of SOWA TRADING · Wholesale of other food products · Brussel · since 1995
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2023
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since 2026
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Other personal services · since 2019
Names that resemble it 40 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Schoolbond Ontwikkeling Wilsele · Leuven · since 1952
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1994
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE WALLONNE DES AEROPORTS · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Namur · since 2001
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Seneffe · since 2013
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2002
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Abbreviation of SOTRAD WATER REAL ESTATE · Buying and selling of own real estate · Nivelles · since 2019
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Vorst · since 2019
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Renting and leasing of sports and recreation goods · La Roche-en-Ardenne · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of GAUF KID'S · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Wavre · since 2004
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Name of an establishment of ICEMAN & WAFFLEMAN · Other retail sale of food · Lasne · since 2006
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General electrical installation work · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Sisters on Wheels · Liège · since 2026
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Other postal and courier activities · since 2026
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE DE RECHERCHE ET D'EXPANSION DES INDUSTRIES DU SPECTACLE ET DE SES SUPPORTS AUDIOVISUELS · Sound recording · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1982
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Liège · since 1987
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Gent · since 1992
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General electrical installation work · Pont-à-Celles · since 2015
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General electrical installation work · Rijkevorsel · since 2023
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Nursing and midwifery · Hasselt · since 2012
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Abbreviation of SOLIDAIR WONEN OOSTENDE · Oostende · since 2021
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Brussel · since 2004
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Elsene · since 2007
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2008
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Activities of lawyers · Haacht · since 2024
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since 2024
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since 2023
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Manufacture of outerwear · since 2016
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Beheer en instandhouding van natuurreservaten · Gembloux · since 2020
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Handel in elektriciteit · Gembloux · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Tournai · since 2021
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of WE Accompagnement et Stratégie · Activities of head offices · Liège · since 2006
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Raising of dairy cattle · Walcourt · since 2025
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of CAMPING LOHAN · Kampeer- en caravanterreinen · La Roche-en-Ardenne · since 1992
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE ODONTOLOGIQUE DE WATERLOO · Business and other management consultancy · Waterloo · since 2008
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since 2024
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Other business support services · since 2023
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Pont-à-Celles · since 2021