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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.

“BOUWMAN”

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.

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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

15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • BOUWMAN same name
    General construction of residential buildings · Gent · since 2003
  • BOUWMAN same namein bankruptcy or liquidation
    Antwerpen · since 1987
  • BOUWMANS very similar
    Bricklaying and masonry work · Hasselt · since 2011
  • BOUWMAR very similar
    Other non-specialised retail sale · Antwerpen · since 1981
  • BOUWMAT very similar
    Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · Ham · since 1992
  • Other building finishing work · since 2012
  • BOUWMAT very similar
    Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Meise · since 2024
  • since 2014
  • IB BOUWMAN very similar
    Antwerpen · since 2015
  • BOUMAN very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Verviers · since 2010
  • Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2012
  • Hairdressing and barber services · since 2020
  • since 1975
  • since 1997
  • BOUWMA very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    General construction of residential buildings · Riemst · since 2019
Names that resemble it 28 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Other specialised construction activities · since 2023
  • Bouwmarkt similar
    Name of an establishment of C. TRADING INTERNATIONAL · Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Antwerpen · since 2010
  • Bouwmaatje similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Wingene · since 2010
  • Bouwmalink similar
    Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2007
  • BOUW - MIX similar
    Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Anderlecht · since 2014
  • BOUW-MEE similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Leuven · since 2022
  • Bouwmij similar
    General construction of other non-residential buildings · Schelle · since 2022
  • BOUW similar
    Buying and selling of own real estate · Zoersel · since 2014
  • General construction of residential buildings · since 2020
  • Construction of roads and motorways · since 2025
  • Activities of head offices · Waregem · since 2002
  • Bouwmakkers similar
    Joinery installation · Vosselaar · since 2024
  • BOUWMOWA similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Aartselaar · since 2005
  • Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2025
  • Name of an establishment of Bouwbedrijf Mallants · General construction of residential buildings · Balen · since 1977
  • BO-MAN similar
    General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Zottegem · since 1991
  • BOUW 2 similar
    Name of an establishment of LOPO · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Erquelinnes · since 2000
  • General construction of residential buildings · since 2020
  • BOUWR similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Diest · since 2022
  • BOUWI similar
    Joinery installation · Lille · since 2022
  • Bouw 1 similar
    Abbreviation of Vereniging van Mede-eigenaars van het gebouw te 2170 Antwerpen-Merksem, Bouw 1, Nieuwdreef 101 · Antwerpen · since 1995
  • BoMan similar
    Activities of holding companies · Laakdal · since 2012
  • BOUWMATHALLE similar
    Name of an establishment of EM MAT · Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Halle · since 2024
  • Bouwz similar
    Name of an establishment of SALESLIFT · General construction of residential buildings · Bree · since 2025
  • Bouwi similar
    Nursing and midwifery · Pittem · since 2026
  • BOUWMAES similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Arendonk · since 2013
  • Bouwmades similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Anzegem · since 1968
  • BOUWPLAN similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    General construction of residential buildings · since 2002

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