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.
“VAWICO”
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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 1988
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Computer programming · Merchtem · since 1997
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Pijnacker · since 1976
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Deerlijk · since 1988
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Freight transport by road · Pittem · since 1998
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Wuustwezel · since 2000
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Development of residential building projects · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2002
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Business and other management consultancy · Waasmunster · since 2020
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Gent · since 2022
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Activities of lawyers · Brasschaat · since 2023
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Denderleeuw · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2024
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Duffel · since 2024
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Wholesale of fruit and vegetables, excluding potatoes · Antwerpen · since 1949
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 1988
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2006
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Other building finishing work · Wielsbeke · since 1997
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Business and other management consultancy · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2022
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Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 1993
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Oud-Turnhout · since 1997
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2002
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Name of an establishment · Machining of metals · Kuurne · since 2018
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Land surveying · Balen · since 2024
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