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Is your company name already in the register?

Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“ANYWAYS”

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

5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • ANYWAYS same name
    Computer programming · Aarschot · since 2016
  • AnyWays same name
    Other business support services · Boortmeerbeek · since 2021
  • Sole trader very similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2009
  • ANYWAY very similar
    Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Deinze · since 2025
  • ANYWAYS PRODUCTION very similar
    Cafés and bars · Hasselt · since 2025
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • SO MANY WAYS similar
    Other retail sale of food · Mouscron · since 2013
  • AnyWare similar
    Computer programming · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2001
  • ANY-WARE similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Hechtel-Eksel · since 2002
  • Sole trader similar
    Advertising agencies · since 1993
  • ANYS similar
    Full-service restaurants · Seraing · since 1989
  • ANYWAY DOORS similar
    Name of an establishment of Indoor Collection · Vervaardiging van metalen deuren en vensters · Zandhoven · since 1993
  • Sole trader similar
    Landscape service activities · since 1992
  • W.A.Y.S. similar
    Other amusement and recreation activities · Meise · since 1999
  • W.A.Y.S. similar
    Reparatie en onderhoud van civiele lucht- en ruimtevaartuigen · Soumagne · since 2018

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