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.
“MOWEN”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Real estate agency activities · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2007
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2001
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Activities of holding companies · Aalter · since 2018
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Blankenberge · since 2022
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Scheduled passenger transport by road · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2012
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Computer programming · Tournai · since 2003
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Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 2006
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Gent · since 2006
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Wezembeek-Oppem · since 1997
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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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Other non-specialised retail sale · Gent · since 2018
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Real estate agency activities · Saint-Ghislain · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of LANDCOM · Real estate agency activities · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2015
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 2012
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Roofing work · Leuven · since 2004
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since 2024