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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.

“ADway”

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.

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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

40 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • AdWard (sole trader) similar
    Advertising agencies · since 2025
  • Adwalk similar
    Market research and public opinion polling · Leuven · since 2026
  • A d W similar
    Abbreviation of Andre De Witte · Joinery installation · Lokeren · since 1983
  • A.D.W. similar
    Name of an establishment of ALGEMENE DAKWERKEN MESSIAEN · Roofing work · Zwevegem · since 2000
  • A.D.W. similar
    Full-service restaurants · Waasmunster · since 2002
  • ADW similar
    Gent · since 2014
  • A.D.W. (sole trader) similar
    Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · since 1996
  • ADW similar
    Dental practice · Gent · since 2021
  • A D W similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2011
  • ADW similar
    Nursing and midwifery · Hulshout · since 2011
  • ADW similar
    Knokke-Heist · since 2026
  • ADWANCE similar
    Name of an establishment of DUBOIS DAWANCE TRANSPORTS · Freight transport by road · Rochefort · since 2001
  • Headway similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Bonheiden · since 2017
  • ROAD WAY similar
    Freight transport by road · Schaarbeek · since 2023
  • Leadway similar
    Name of an establishment of ZITE MEDIA · Pre-press and pre-media services · Edegem · since 2006
  • Adwaita similar
    Activities of head offices · Hasselt · since 2026
  • BROADWAY similar
    Name of an establishment of P. G. B. · Full-service restaurants · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1995
  • STRADWAY similar
    Namur · since 2013
  • Broadway similar
    Name of an establishment of Broadway Concept · Cafés and bars · Schaarbeek · since 2015
  • BROADWAY (sole trader) similar
    Full-service restaurants · since 1998
  • Broadway similar
    Activiteiten van gecertificeerde belastingadviseurs · Gent · since 2022
  • Haradway similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Name of an establishment of HARADINAJ · Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Wommelgem · since 2020

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