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Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“NOWAK”

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

31 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • NOWA similar
    Development of residential building projects · Mechelen · since 1990
  • NOWA similar
    Name of an establishment of NOWALOR · Nursing and midwifery · Hasselt · since 2025
  • NOWA HR similar
    Employment placement agencies · Gent · since 2022
  • Graphic design and visual communication · since 2023
  • NOWAAC similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Deinze · since 2005
  • NOWA A.N. similar
    Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2026
  • N.O.W. similar
    Abbreviation of NOW ON THE WAVE · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Schaarbeek · since 1999
  • NOW similar
    Abbreviation of NOW INTERNATIONAL · Advertising agencies · Brussel · since 2016
  • Now! similar
    Elsene · since 2019
  • NOW similar
    Name of an establishment of V2AM · Cafés and bars · Mouscron · since 2022
  • NO WASTE similar
    Anderlecht · since 2015
  • NOWSHAK similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Oudergem · since 2019
  • Nowarra similar
    Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Lubbeek · since 2025
  • NOWAYME similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2026
  • Nowalex similar
    Activities of lawyers · Dilbeek · since 2026
  • NOWA similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Retail sale of other household articles · since 2020

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