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.
“Swera”
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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Zonnebeke · since 2025
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Retail sale of lighting equipment · Diepenbeek · since 1982
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Waterloo · since 1979
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Business and other management consultancy
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2016
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Office administrative and support services · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Performing arts by independent artists · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2020
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Painting of buildings · Diepenbeek · since 2020
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Antwerpen · since 2011
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Bree · since 2011
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Retail sale of household furniture · Blankenberge · since 2011
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Fleurus · since 2025
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Abbreviation of SOWERA - SOCIALE WERKPLAATS · Aarschot · since 1999
Names that resemble it 5 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Wholesale of timber · Bornem · since 2014
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Small Weekend · Activities of interior architects · Leuven · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Herk-de-Stad · since 2026
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Asse · since 2023