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.
“SOWO”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of SOLIDAIR WONEN OOSTENDE · Oostende · since 2021
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Activities of lawyers · Haacht · since 2024
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Verhuur en exploitatie van sociale woningen · Brussel · since 2005
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Other social work without accommodation · Boechout · since 2025
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Literary creation · Holsbeek · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Schoolbond Ontwikkeling Wilsele · Leuven · since 1952
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Joinery installation · Pont-à-Celles · since 2014
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2002
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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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Landscape service activities · Elsene · since 2020
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Other business support services · Merchtem · since 2024
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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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Nursing and midwifery · Hasselt · since 2012
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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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since 2021
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Translation services · since 2011
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Retail sale of beverages, general range · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of Living Forest · Vervaardiging van andere niet-gedistilleerde gegiste dranken · Arlon · since 2023
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2025