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.
“HAWAI”
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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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · Brussel · since 1987
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Full-service restaurants · since 1971
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Vermogensbeheer · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Vereniging van Syrische Koerden in België · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1994
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Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2013
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2021
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Leuven · since 2025
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Other research and development on natural sciences · Grenoble · since 2019
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Full-service restaurants · Anderlecht · since 2023
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Other retail sale of food
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Name of an establishment of AMA HOLDING · Cafés and bars · Brussel · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of SOLUTION 4 U. · Retail sale of antiques · Amsterdam · since 2001
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2013
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Advertising agencies · since 2000
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since 2020
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activiteiten van bejaardenzorg aan huis, muv (thuis)verpleging · since 2024
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2026
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Development of residential building projects · Dilbeek · since 1984
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Abbreviation of Harzer Apparatewerke K.G. - Schwemann und Althoff · Bornum /Harz/ · since 1968
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Activities of holding companies · Hasselt · since 2002
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Waterloo · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Hannah Arendt Instituut voor burgerschap, stedelijkheid en diversiteit · Officieel hoger onderwijs · Mechelen · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of MAGOMA · Computer programming · Eghezée · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Herent · since 2015
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Activities of lawyers · Edegem · since 2024
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Elsene · since 2026
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Abbreviation of AWA INTERNATIONAL · Zaventem · since 2010
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Name of an establishment · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2023