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.
“NOWAAC”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Deinze · since 2005
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2026
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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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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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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Other retail sale of new goods · Tervuren · since 2025
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2013
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Employment placement agencies · Gent · since 2022
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Westcoast All Activity Club · Middelkerke · since 1991
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Retail sale of other household articles · since 2020
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · since 2021