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.
“MOWA”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2019
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Activities of holding companies · Lokeren · since 2019
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Activities of building architects · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Manyu Origine Women Association · Turnhout · since 2024
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Milieufront Omer Wattez vzw · Verenigingen op het vlak van milieu en mobiliteit · Oudenaarde · since 1981
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Painting of buildings · Roeselare · since 2002
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Temporary employment agencies and other provision of personnel · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2018
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Willebroek · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of Ministeries van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap · Overheden van gemeenschappen en gewesten · Brussel · since 1980
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General construction of residential buildings · Halle · since 1972
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Wezembeek-Oppem · since 1997
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Nursing and midwifery · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2017
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Non-conventional therapeutic services · since 2022
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Real estate agency activities · Overijse · since 2025
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Brussel · since 2021