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.
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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.
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Abbreviation of Associated Weavers Europe · Vervaardiging van vloerkleden en tapijt · Ronse · since 1964
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Site preparation · since 2020
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Detailhandel in parket-, laminaat- en kurkvloeren · Boechout · since 2023
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Combined facilities support activities · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Atletiekwerking ETEX · Kapelle-op-den-Bos · since 2026
Names that resemble it 30 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of Agence wallonne à l'Exportation et aux Investissements étrangers · Buitenlandse zaken · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1999
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Abbreviation of ANDERS WERKEN LIMBURG · Hasselt · since 1984
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Other business support services · since 2015
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Ganshoren · since 2010
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Advertising agencies · Ukkel · since 2004
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Advertising agencies · Hasselt · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Roeselare · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Association Wallonne des Eleveurs et Détenteurs d'Anes · Villers-la-Ville · since 1991
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Vocational training · since 2015
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Joinery installation · Zonhoven · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of A-P Projects · Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Beringen · since 2019
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Landscape service activities · since 2021
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Groothandel in koffie, thee, cacao en specerijen · Verviers · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of OPILANT · Activities of lawyers · Roosdaal · since 2011
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Abbreviation of Association of European Parlementarians with Africa · AMSTERDAM · since 2000
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General electrical installation work · Schelle · since 2006
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Abbreviation of Aquaculteurs de Wallonie · Marche-en-Famenne · since 1984
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Abbreviation of ALAIN WIRTZ · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Ukkel · since 1990
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 1990
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Abbreviation of Art Waves · Enghien · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Alpha Whale · Gent · since 2015
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Full-service restaurants · Profondeville · since 2017
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Dental practice · Brussel · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Annelies Weyts · Business and other management consultancy · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2021
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATIONWORLD · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Brussel · since 2021
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Abbreviation of ATELIERS WAUTERS · Vervaardiging van kunststofartikelen voor de bouw · Charleroi · since 2022
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2025
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Limbourg · since 2024
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Abbreviation of AGRIWAN · Support activities for crop production · Gouvy · since 2025
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Abbreviation of alainwine · Retail sale of wines and spirits · Braives · since 2026