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Name check

Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“SaWe”

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

1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.

  • SaWe same name
    Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Genk · since 2021
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2020
  • S.A.W. similar
    Abbreviation of Société aquariophile wallonne · Floreffe · since 1988
  • Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2013
  • SAW² similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Aalst · since 2019
  • SAW similar
    Abbreviation of SELVAGEM.WOODS · Gent · since 2020
  • SAW similar
    Abbreviation of Samen Altijd Warmer · Leuven · since 2020
  • SAW similar
    Dental practice · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2021
  • SAW similar
    Abbreviation of SCHERMACADEMIE JERZY WEZOWSKI VZW · Antwerpen · since 2005
  • SAW similar
    Name of an establishment of SWA · Groothandel in machines, werktuigen en toebehoren voor de landbouw · Nassogne · since 2006
  • S.A.W. similar
    Verhuur en exploitatie van terreinen · Lievegem · since 2007
  • SAW similar
    Abbreviation of Sisters Art Watch · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2024
  • SAW similar
    Name of an establishment of NVAN GROUP · Retail sale of second-hand clothing · Mons · since 2025
  • SAWA similar
    Abbreviation of Steveny Automobiles · Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Namur · since 1981
  • SAWI similar
    Abbreviation of SAMEN WILLEN · Koksijde · since 1987
  • Sawa similar
    Abbreviation of Bana Ba Sawa · Anderlecht · since 1999
  • SAWB similar
    Activities of holding companies · Balen · since 2020
  • SAWA similar
    Other membership organisations · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2009
  • KASAWE similar
    Waterloo · since 2006
  • S.A.W. similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of Société Anonyme de Waerschoot · Lievegem · since 1957
  • SAWD similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Vervaardiging van metalen deuren en vensters · Geraardsbergen · since 2014

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