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.
“Next Wave”
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
21 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other postal and courier activities · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Ukkel · since 2026
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Computer programming · since 2001
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Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Overijse · since 2024
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Other support activities for arts and performing arts · Bonheiden · since 2025
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2025
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Brussel · since 1990
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Sports and recreation education · Herentals · since 2018
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Employment placement agencies · since 2025
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Freight transport by road · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Network for Excellence in Training · Public relations and communication consultancy · Gavere · since 2021
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Begijnendijk · since 2023
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Abbreviation of NEXT PLANET · Schaarbeek · since 2008
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2009
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Abbreviation of INTERNATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL NEXT · Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Kortrijk · since 2011
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Abbreviation of Nursing EXpert Treatments · Activities of holding companies · Thimister-Clermont · since 2008
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Knokke-Heist · since 2024
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Algemene bouw van kantoorgebouwen · Gent · since 2026
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Gent · since 1984
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Abbreviation of NEXT EVENT TECHNOLOGY Group · Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Wavre · since 2021
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Graphic design and visual communication · Lasne · since 2015
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Logistics services · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2025
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of NextWave Entertainment VZW · Uitzenden van radioprogramma’s en distributie van audio · Veurne · since 2026
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Other printing · since 2026
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Rotterdam · since 1992
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Other information service activities · since 2026
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Mechelen · since 2025
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Brugge · since 1979
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Charleroi · since 1992
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1982
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Reproductie van opgenomen media · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Vorst · since 2015
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2011
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Vervaardiging van consumentenelektronica · since 2013
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Other information technology and computer services · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2013