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.
“AWAH”
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.
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Other specialised construction activities · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2000
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Aangepast Wonen Antwerpen vzw · Antwerpen · since 1982
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Ukkel · since 1994
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Hairdressing and barber services · Verviers · since 2016
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Exploitatie van culturele centra en multifunctionele zalen ten behoeve van culturele activiteiten · Gent · since 2017
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Abbreviation of ANIOMA WELFARE ASSOCIATION · Antwerpen · since 2009
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Jette · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of SHALIMAR · Other retail sale of food · Gent · since 2007
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Abbreviation of AWA PROCUREMAN · Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Asymmetric Warfare Analysis · Market research and public opinion polling · Leuven · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of Vlaamse Maatschappij voor Watervoorziening · Winning, behandeling en distributie van water · Schaarbeek · since 1983
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Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1991
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Abbreviation of Association wallonne d'Arts martiaux · Jemeppe-sur-Sambre · since 1993
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Turnhout · since 2022
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Abbreviation of AWA INTERNATIONAL · Zaventem · since 2010
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Abbreviation of Association pour l'agroforesterie en Régions wallonne et bruxelloise · Activities of business and employers' organisations · Modave · since 2012
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Abbreviation of Association Wallonne Attelage et Traditions · Ciney · since 2007
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Abbreviation of Association Wallonne de Détection · Ohey · since 2023
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Interior design · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2025