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Name check

Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“BAUWARE”

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

4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Repair and maintenance of computers and communication equipment · since 2022
  • BAUWARE same name
    Activities of head offices · Zaventem · since 2026
  • Travel agency activities · since 2016
  • Basware very similar
    Abbreviation of BASWARE BELGIUM · Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Gent · since 2012
Names that resemble it 7 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • BAUW similar
    Abbreviation of Apotheek Verfaillie · Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Tielt · since 1991
  • BARE similar
    Roofing work · Herstal · since 1992
  • Hairdressing and barber services · since 2020
  • BWare similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Leuven · since 2010
  • Bware similar
    Vervaardiging van elektronische onderdelen · Lendelede · since 2024
  • Detailhandel in ijzerwaren en gereedschappen · since 2012
  • BAUW similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    General construction of residential buildings · Lier · since 1995

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