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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.

“CHAWE”

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

6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • CHAWE same name
    Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Kortrijk · since 1991
  • CHAWA very similar
    Ukkel · since 2005
  • CHAWA very similar
    Landscape service activities · Tinlot · since 2024
  • CHAWI very similar
    Name of an establishment of BATNA · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2024
  • Chake very similar
    Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Tremelo · since 2021
  • CHAVE very similar
    Abbreviation of CHARLIEN VERMANDER · Physiotherapy · Diksmuide · since 2022
Names that resemble it 8 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • C.H.A.W. similar
    Abbreviation of CERCLE D' HISTOIRE, D' ARCHEOLOGIE ET DE GENEALOGIE DE WAVRE ET DU BRABANT WALLON · Activiteiten van historische locaties en monumenten · Wavre · since 1944
  • chaw chaw similar
    Name of an establishment of Womanov · Graphic design and visual communication · Turnhout · since 2021
  • C.H.A. similar
    Abbreviation of LA CHEMINEE D'HIER ET D'AUJOURD'HUI · Oudergem · since 1972
  • C.H.A. similar
    Abbreviation of Centre hippique de l'Abbaye · Hélécine · since 1988
  • CHA+ similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2025
  • CHAWBEL similar
    Anderlecht · since 1999
  • CHA similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2011
  • HAWE similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Lede · since 2018

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