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.
“NOWA”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Development of residential building projects · Mechelen · since 1990
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Name of an establishment of NOWALOR · Nursing and midwifery · Hasselt · since 2025
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Retail sale of other household articles · since 2020
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Employment placement agencies · Gent · since 2022
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2026
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Other retail sale of new goods · Tervuren · since 2025
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2021
Names that resemble it 35 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · As · since 1993
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Deinze · since 2017
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Schoten · since 2020
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2021
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Abbreviation of NOW ON THE WAVE · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Schaarbeek · since 1999
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2013
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Abbreviation of NOW INTERNATIONAL · Advertising agencies · Brussel · since 2016
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Elsene · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of V2AM · Cafés and bars · Mouscron · since 2022
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2023
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Deinze · since 2005
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Anderlecht · since 2015
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Lubbeek · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Activities of lawyers · Dilbeek · since 2026
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · Ledegem · since 2020
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Overijse · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Putte · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Nowo - Nomad Workshop · since 2023
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Hove · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Eghezée · since 2026
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Performing arts by independent artists · Brussel · since 2019
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Schaarbeek · since 2019
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Joinery installation · Gent · since 2021
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Construction of roads and motorways · since 2009
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Graphic design and visual communication · Leuven · since 2024
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 1991
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since 2021
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2021
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Pet training · since 2021
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2022
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Freight transport by road · since 2022
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · since 2021