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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.

“Groep WABO”

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  • 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.
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Same or very similar names

2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Groep WABO same name
    Joinery installation · Diksmuide · since 2020
  • GROEP VABO very similar
    Other specialised construction activities · Poperinge · since 2011
Names that resemble it 51 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • GROEP W similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Geel · since 1991
  • Groep W similar
    Activities of holding companies · Zuienkerke · since 2017
  • GROEP ALMABO similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Zonnebeke · since 2025
  • GROEP WCW similar
    Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Turnhout · since 2015
  • GROEP W.N.F. similar
    Wholesale of other household goods · Stekene · since 2019
  • Groep V similar
    Forging of metal · Schilde · since 2021
  • Abbreviation of Groep Infrastructuur en Bouw · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Westerlo · since 1983
  • Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · since 1968
  • Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Nijlen · since 2025
  • Groep ALBO similar
    Wholesale of beverages, general range · Antwerpen · since 2012
  • Groep 7 similar
    Gent · since 1974
  • Groep X similar
    Gent · since 1975
  • GROEP M similar
    Hasselt · since 1978
  • GROEP S. similar
    Activiteiten van reisorganisatoren · Mol · since 1984
  • GROEP D similar
    Real estate agency activities · Keerbergen · since 1986
  • GROEP T similar
    Real estate agency activities · Middelkerke · since 1989
  • Groep B similar
    Abbreviation of GROEP BOSSUYT · Real estate agency activities · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 1990
  • GROEP T similar
    Brasschaat · since 1991
  • GROEP O similar
    Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Heers · since 1993
  • GROEP D similar
    Groothandel in kantoor- en schoolbenodigdheden · Gistel · since 1993
  • GROEP 3 similar
    Name of an establishment of BRUIST · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Brugge · since 1993
  • GROEP T similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Roeselare · since 1997
  • GROEP L. similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Antwerpen · since 2000
  • GROEP G similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2000
  • Groep 3 similar
    Name of an establishment of ARCHITECTEN GROEP III · Activities of building architects · Brugge · since 2013
  • GROEP M similar
    Insurance agents and brokers · Nijlen · since 2013
  • GROEP-G similar
    Activities of bailiffs · Gent · since 2013
  • GROEP A similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Wemmel · since 2014
  • Groep 2 similar
    Joinery installation · Spiere-Helkijn · since 2014
  • Groep D similar
    Verhuur en lease van bloemen en planten · Diksmuide · since 2016
  • GROEP C similar
    Activities of holding companies · Roeselare · since 2016
  • GROEP C similar
    Other tax advisory services · Brugge · since 2017
  • GROEP Q similar
    Activities of interior architects · Halen · since 2017
  • Groep-C similar
    Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · Sint-Truiden · since 2018
  • Groep E similar
    Beveiligingsactiviteiten, n.e.g. · Lokeren · since 2020
  • Groep C+ similar
    Activities of holding companies · Peer · since 2023
  • Groep I similar
    Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · Lokeren · since 2008
  • GROEP D similar
    Joinery installation · Meise · since 2011
  • GROEP 3 similar
    Development of residential building projects · Maaseik · since 2007
  • GROEP R similar
    Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 2008
  • GROEP WUYTS similar
    Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Olen · since 1998
  • GROEP WEYNE similar
    Retail sale of household furniture · Kortemark · since 2015
  • GROEP ERIBO similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Waregem · since 2015
  • Groep Wirix similar
    Driving schools for cars and motorcycles · Oudsbergen · since 2013
  • GROEP WIDEM similar
    Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Menen · since 2015
  • Groep Ydebo similar
    Groothandel in bloemen en planten · Aalter · since 2019
  • Groep Bhobo similar
    Vervaardiging van poets- en reinigingsmiddelen · Izegem · since 2021
  • Groep WRMNT similar
    Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Elsene · since 2024
  • Groep E similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Brugge · since 1968
  • GROEP D similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Bouw van bruggen en tunnels · Gent · since 1978
  • GROEP 3 similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Brugge · since 1989

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