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Compared with the KBO register · free

Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector.

“Nowae”

An active company already has this name

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Same or very similar names

13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Nowae same name
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Deinze · since 2017
  • NOWAK very similar
    Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · As · since 1993
  • NO WAY very similar
    Other non-specialised retail sale · Schoten · since 2020
  • Sole trader very similar
    Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2021
  • Sole trader very similar
    Graphic design and visual communication · since 2023
  • NOWBE very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Mechelen · since 2019
  • NOW.be very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Namur · since 2010
  • Sole trader very similar
    Other human health activities · since 2025
  • Nomae very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Izegem · since 2025
  • NOVAE very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Knokke-Heist · since 2025
  • NOVAE very similar
    Les Bons Villers · since 2026
  • Nowar very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · since 2021
  • Sole trader very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Pre-press and pre-media services · since 1983
Names that resemble it 15 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
  • Sole trader similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · since 2013
  • NOWA HR similar
    Employment placement agencies · Gent · since 2022
  • 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
  • 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

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

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