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.
“CAWOY”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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General construction of residential buildings · Beaumont · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Thuin · since 2025
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 1989
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · since 1998
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 2022
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Club des amateurs Wallons d'Orchidées · Verenigingen en bewegingen voor volwassenen · Limbourg · since 2017
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Site preparation · Hasselt · since 2025
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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 Conservatoire Avicole Wallon · Chimay · since 2025
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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