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.
“CodeWaves”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Name of THE CODE BAKERY · Computer programming · Rumst · since 2016
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Computer programming · Koekelberg · since 2024
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Lier · since 1999
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Business and other management consultancy · Etterbeek · since 2025
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Real estate agency activities · Mechelen · since 2014
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Dendermonde · since 1989
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Name of an establishment of Penyo Consulting · Business and other management consultancy · Rumst · since 2022
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Abbreviation of COMMERCIALE - ORGANISATION - DEVELOPPEMENT - ENTREPRISES · Liège · since 1988
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Abbreviation of CENTRE D'ORGANISATION ET DE DEVELOPPEMENT DES ENTREPRISES · Vorst · since 1995
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Abbreviation of COORDINATION DES ORGANISATIONS NON-GOUVERNEMENTALES POUR LES DROITS DE L'ENFANT · Other social work without accommodation · Elsene · since 2000
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Abbreviation of COMMUNAUTE DEBOUT · Anderlecht · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Consultancy Decoster · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Herent · since 2022
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Activities of building architects · Gent · since 2009
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Visual arts creation · Diepenbeek · since 2010
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Abbreviation of CONGO DEVELOPPEMENT · Liège · since 2011
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2012
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Abbreviation of Code vzw, productiehuis voor theater · Temse · since 2005
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Abbreviation of Cabinet d'Ophtalmologie du Docteur J.M. DEKKERS · Chaudfontaine · since 2006
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Groothandel in bloemen en planten · Antwerpen · since 2006
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Abbreviation of Coalition for Open Digital Ecosystems · Brussel · since 2024
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Retail sale of antiques · since 2025
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Physiotherapy · Leuven · since 2021
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Other sports activities · De Panne · since 2023
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since 2012