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.
“NOWI”
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Putte · since 2023
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Putte · since 2016
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Other personal services · since 2024
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Abbreviation of NOW ON THE WAVE · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Schaarbeek · since 1999
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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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General construction of residential buildings · Beersel · since 2025
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Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · Amel · since 1997
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Schaarbeek · since 2010
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Development of residential building projects · Mechelen · since 1990
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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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Abbreviation of Nowo - Nomad Workshop · since 2023
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of NOWALOR · Nursing and midwifery · Hasselt · since 2025
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since 2013
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Retail sale of other household articles · since 2020