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.
“CAWA”
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.
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Kontich · since 1987
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Geraardsbergen · since 2002
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Abbreviation of Cat Wellness Association · Fernelmont · since 2013
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Vocational training · Liège · since 2023
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Tournai · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Collectif Accessibilité Wallonie Bruxelles · Verenigingen op het vlak van milieu en mobiliteit · Evere · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Comité voor Artistieke Werking Arte et Labore · Antwerpen · since 1969
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Computer programming · since 2026
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Namur · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Celestia Antwerp · Vervaardiging van communicatieapparatuur · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Abbreviation of la Ceinture Alimentaire de la Wallonie picarde · Verenigingen op het vlak van ontwikkelingssamenwerking · Tournai · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Conservatoire Avicole Wallon · Chimay · since 2025
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Employment placement agencies · Lubbeek · since 2001
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Abbreviation of Club des amateurs Wallons d'Orchidées · Verenigingen en bewegingen voor volwassenen · Limbourg · since 2017
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Bornem · since 2021
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Computer programming · since 2006
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Serviceflats voor ouderen · Doische · since 2008
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Ittre · since 1998
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Abbreviation of Société Carmel d'Argenteuil-Waterloo · Waterloo · since 1941
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Forging of metal · Momignies · since 2019
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Kontich · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Parentesis, Centrum voor Algemeen Welzijnswerk · Mortsel · since 1995
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Name of an establishment of LIONET · Groothandel in spellen en speelgoed · Malle · since 2010
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Abbreviation of Centrum voor Algemeen Welzijnswerk Aalst · Aalst · since 1995
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Antwerpen · since 1982