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.
“W.A.P.”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of W.A. PNEU VANHAMME · Retail sale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Waterloo · since 1989
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Abbreviation of Werkgroep AmfibieEn Pajottenland · Gooik · since 1993
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Herentals · since 1994
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Abbreviation of # We Are Pepinster, ASBL · Other business support services · Pepinster · since 2015
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Floor and wall tiling · Wommelgem · since 2016
Names that resemble it 25 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen · Brugge · since 1987
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Dentergem · since 1988
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Manufacture of cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery · Mons · since 2003
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Abbreviation of Wake Prediction Technologies · Other research and development on natural sciences · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2013
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Aubel · since 2016
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Other information technology and computer services · Mons · since 2025
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Waterloo · since 1989
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Other software publishing · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of WAPPY INVEST · Overige bemiddeling in en beheer van onroerend goed voor een vast bedrag of op contractbasis, n.e.g. · Grâce-Hollogne · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Wapi-Montgolfière · Personenvervoer door de lucht · Brugelette · since 2023
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Abbreviation of World Association of Public Employment Services · Other membership organisations · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2010
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Advertising agencies · Celles (lez-Tournai) · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 2011
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2008
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · since 2024
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · since 2024
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · Oostende · since 2024
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Rendeux · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of Wallonie Picarde Ambulances · Patiëntenvervoer per ambulance · Tournai · since 2026
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Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2026
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Activities of lawyers · Koekelberg · since 2000
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Abbreviation of EG TRADING BV · Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Hechtel-Eksel · since 2000
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Abbreviation of Wood Auctions · Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · Namur · since 2022
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Ieper · since 2007
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Event catering · Oostende · since 2012