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.
“KAW”
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Full-service restaurants · Aalst · since 2023
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Koninklijke Antwerpse Watersportvereniging S.R.N.A. · Football clubs · Antwerpen · since 1975
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Abbreviation of Koninklijke Arendonkse Wieler- en Supportersclub · Other sports activities · Arendonk · since 1996
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Trade name of KAWL-INVEST · Development of non-residential building projects · Kortrijk · since 2022
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Joinery installation · Geraardsbergen · since 2007
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Cafés and bars · Liège · since 2024
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Activities of lawyers · Schaarbeek · since 2025
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Painting of buildings · Boom · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of SOLUTION 4 U. · Retail sale of antiques · Amsterdam · since 2001
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2015
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Overijse · since 2017
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General electrical installation work · Lille · since 2020
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Psychology services · since 2025
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2012
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Business and other management consultancy · Eeklo · since 2024
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Other publishing activities, excluding software publishing · since 2026
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Zaventem · since 2016
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · since 2018
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Other business support services · Knokke-Heist · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Koekel'aide · Koekelberg · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Khadija Aourz · Activities of company auditors · Hasselt · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Dendermonde · since 2009
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Schaarbeek · since 2004
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Abbreviation of KAREMBERG · Braine-le-Comte · since 2005
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Activiteiten van bejaardenzorg aan huis, muv (thuis)verpleging · since 2026