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.
“SOWICO”
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
28 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other membership organisations · Antwerpen · since 2006
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE WALLONNE DE FINANCEMENT COMPLEMENTAIRE DES INFRASTRUCTURES · Overheden van gemeenschappen en gewesten · Liège · since 1994
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Abbreviation of Société Financière coopérative · Colfontaine · since 1967
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Abbreviation of SOFT AND INFORMATICS COMPANY · Computer programming · Gent · since 1947
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Abbreviation of Société de Financement et de Commerce · Mouscron · since 1958
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE DE PROMOTION IMMOBILIERE ET COMMERCIALE · Development of residential building projects · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1975
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Abbreviation of Société Diffusion Coiffure · Hairdressing and barber services · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1982
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Sombreffe · since 1988
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE FINANCIERE ET COMMERCIALE · Schaarbeek · since 1989
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Halle · since 1991
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Wholesale of wines and spirits · Knokke-Heist · since 1995
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Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods · Roeselare · since 1997
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Charleroi · since 1999
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Brasschaat · since 2013
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Landscape service activities · since 2014
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Halen · since 2015
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Peer · since 2015
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Office administrative and support services · since 2017
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Hotton · since 2022
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Amsterdam · since 2021
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Abbreviation of SoWiSo VZW · Visual arts creation · Brugge · since 2022
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · Laakdal · since 2012
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Vorst · since 2006
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Vervaardiging van roomijs en ander consumptie-ijs · Soumagne · since 2024
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Other business support services · Gent · since 2025
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Raising of other animals · Hulshout · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Société de Placements Immobiliers et Commerciaux · Non-specialised wholesale trade · Merelbeke-Melle · since 1950
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Elsene · since 1995
Names that resemble it 5 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Beersel · since 2021
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Real estate agency activities · Meise · since 2007
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Abbreviation of Scholengemeenschap WIJS! Secundair onderwijs · Sint-Niklaas · since 2011
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Full-service restaurants · Beauraing · since 2026
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Oud-Turnhout · since 1997