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.
“BAWI”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Zulte · since 2024
Names that resemble it 29 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Wevelgem · since 1984
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Abbreviation of BERTS ART WORLD · Business and other management consultancy · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2002
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Name of an establishment of KAYA KARA · General construction of residential buildings · Elsene · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of PRODELCO · Development of residential building projects · Denderleeuw · since 2017
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Vervaardiging van farmaceutische grondstoffen · Brussel · since 2019
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Abbreviation of BREATHE A WISH · Waremme · since 2021
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Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · since 2023
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Other business support services · Laarne · since 1979
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Name of an establishment of BAWO ZEILMAKERIJ · Vervaardiging van overige geconfectioneerde artikelen van textiel, muv kleding · Meerhout · since 1998
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Freight transport by road · Mol · since 2015
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Herselt · since 2019
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Activities of head offices · Damme · since 2021
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Hairdressing and barber services · Ronse · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Belgian Committee of Associated Wrestling Styles · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2012
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Gent · since 2026
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Cafés and bars · since 1995
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 2002
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Computer programming · since 2023
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2001
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Joinery installation · since 1999
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since 2023
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since 2012
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Vervaardiging van andere textielproducten, n.e.g. · since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · Ninove · since 2014
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since 2022
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since 2008
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Sports and recreation education · since 2021
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Other education · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Belgian Association of Western Riding · Braine-l'Alleud · since 1982