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.
“SOWE”
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.
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Nursing and midwifery · Hasselt · since 2012
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Brussel · since 2004
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2020
Names that resemble it 28 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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since 2026
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Abbreviation of Schoolbond Ontwikkeling Wilsele · Leuven · since 1952
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Diest · since 1988
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Abbreviation of SOCIALE ORGANISATIE VOOR WERELD EENHEID EN LICHT UITBOUW · Leuven · since 1999
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2002
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2019
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Other information technology and computer services · since 2023
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Reproductie van opgenomen media · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 2010
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Vorst · since 2006
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2008
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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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Manufacture of jewellery · Leuven · since 2017
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2011
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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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Abbreviation of SOLIDAIR WONEN OOSTENDE · Oostende · since 2021
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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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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Gent · since 2015
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Almelo · since 2019
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Sociale Werken van het Koninlijk technisch Atheneum 1 - Tongeren · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 1984
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Kortrijk · since 2014
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Manufacture of ceramic household and ornamental articles · since 2017
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Overige diensten in verband met het maken van geluidsopnamen · since 2019
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Abbreviation of SOWERA - SOCIALE WERKPLAATS · Aarschot · since 1999