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.
“BWV”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of Boomsche Watersport Vereniging · Boom · since 1938
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Abbreviation of BAASROODSE WATERSPORT VERENIGING · Other sports activities · Buggenhout · since 1961
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Wommelgem · since 2007
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Royal Broken Wings · Willebroek · since 1963
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Abbreviation of Bushcraft West · Other education · Lichtervelde · since 2015
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Abbreviation of BRAINS@WORK · Business and other management consultancy · Tubize · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Brent Wiels Maatwerk · Joinery installation · Zele · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Brad Works · Machining of metals · Zoersel · since 2022
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Abbreviation of BOA WORKFORCE · Verhuur en lease van machines en installaties voor de bouwnijverheid en de weg- en waterbouw · Oud-Heverlee · since 2022
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Tubize · since 2009
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Antwerpen · since 1972
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Abbreviation of Buitengewoon werk. · Putte · since 2022