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.
“COWELL”
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
15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Herstal · since 1991
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Bonheiden · since 2011
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Advertising agencies · Antwerpen · since 2005
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Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · Bornem · since 2006
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2022
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · Wellen · since 1981
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · Erpe-Mere · since 1995
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Performing arts by independent artists · Hasselt · since 2012
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2014
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Translation services · since 2014
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2019
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Wielsbeke · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of DOWELL SPRL · Vervaardiging van bestralingsapparatuur en van elektromedische en elektrotherapeutische apparatuur · Ukkel · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of Advies en meer · Fitness centres · Pajottegem · since 2008
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2008
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · Turnhout · since 2008
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Retail sale of other sporting goods · since 2016
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Oudsbergen · since 2022
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Knokke-Heist · since 2009
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2001
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Abbreviation of Coulon Waste Expertise · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Computercentrum voor Wetenschappelijk Bedrijfsbeheer en Accountantskantoor voor K.M.O. · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Tielt · since 1970
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Abbreviation of CORPORATE WELLBEING AND COACHING · Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Asse · since 2017
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2010
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Activities of building architects · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2025
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2021
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Abbreviation of WELL COMMUNICATIONS · Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · Roeselare · since 1999
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Activities of holding companies · Bornem · since 2009
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Abbreviation of WEALTH ETHICS LIFESTYLE & LEADERSHIP · Business and other management consultancy · Waterloo · since 2012
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Elsene · since 1984
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Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen · Estaimpuis · since 1988