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.
“COWA”
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.
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Business and other management consultancy · Tielt · since 2015
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General construction of residential buildings · Geraardsbergen · since 2024
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Sports and recreation education · Aalst · since 2020
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Other business support services · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 1999
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Abbreviation of CHIANCONE'S OPEN WATER ACADEMIE · Antwerpen · since 2002
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Hamme (Vl.) · since 2023
Names that resemble it 26 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Landscape service activities · since 2020
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Anzegem · since 2005
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Abbreviation of CONSTRUCTION WALLONIE PICARDE · Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · Péruwelz · since 1976
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Abbreviation of Club Omnisport Walhain · Walhain · since 1985
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Abbreviation of Club des Orchidophiles wallons · Mons · since 1997
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Activities of holding companies · Diest · since 2001
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Advertising agencies · since 1993
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Retail sale of games and toys · Geraardsbergen · since 2019
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Computer programming · Brasschaat · since 2019
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Kontich · since 2020
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Abbreviation of CAT ON WHEELS · Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Koekelberg · since 2010
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Abbreviation of COMPAGNIE WALLONNE DE CONSTRUCTION · General construction of residential buildings · Charleroi · since 1975
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Namur · since 1980
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Aalter · since 1983
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Wavre · since 1987
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1989
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Name of an establishment of COTELFAX · Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Cerfontaine · since 1995
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Business and other management consultancy · Raeren · since 1998
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · since 2007
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Aarschot · since 2016
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since 2014
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Namur · since 2018
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Gent · since 2013
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of COWI INTERNATIONAL · Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Aalst · since 1994
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Antwerpen · since 2020