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.
“KAWADA”
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
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · Etterbeek · since 2012
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2008
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2012
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since 1983
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Brussel · since 2015
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2019
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Nursing and midwifery · Ganshoren · since 2020
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Physiotherapy · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Translation services · since 2004
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Other publishing activities, excluding software publishing · Bonheiden · since 2008
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brugge · since 2024
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Manufacture of jewellery · Kuurne · since 2014
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Andere vormen van creatie van kunst · since 2025
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Cafés and bars · Liège · 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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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Overijse · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Eeklo · since 2024
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Nursing and midwifery · Chapelle-lez-Herlaimont · since 2026
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Evere · since 2007
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Antwerpen · since 2008
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · Solihull · since 2025
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Performing arts by independent artists · Affligem · since 2025
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Computer programming · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Cafés and bars · Olen · since 2024
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Other postal and courier activities · Brussel · since 2025
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 2003