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.
“En-Way”
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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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · La Louvière · since 2012
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METZ · since 2014
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Groothandel in motorfietsen, delen en toebehoren van motorfietsen · Niel · since 2014
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Advertising agencies · Antwerpen · since 2003
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · Anderlecht · since 2025
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of ELECTRICITEITSWERKEN NIJS WIM · General electrical installation work · Aarschot · since 1987
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Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · since 1993
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Putte · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 2015
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Profondeville · since 1994
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Asse · since 1998
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2001
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Koksijde · since 2021
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · since 2023
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Morlanwelz · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of HIDDEN WAY LTD · Web portal activities · CARCROFT · since 2009
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Gent · since 2026
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Landscape service activities · Willebroek · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of AYYAN · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brussel · since 2016
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Gent · since 2008
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Abbreviation of GREENWAY DISTRICT · Bonheiden · since 2011