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.
“WAFCO”
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
25 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Construction of roads and motorways · Geel · since 2016
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Abbreviation of WASTE FINALITY CONSULTING · Business and other management consultancy · Seraing · since 2024
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 1945
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Wholesale of machine tools · Ardooie · since 1973
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Genk · since 1974
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Lievegem · since 1977
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Name of an establishment of Space Age design · Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · Bornem · since 1982
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Plumbing work · Waregem · since 1989
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Other membership organisations · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 1991
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Roosdaal · since 1993
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Mechelen · since 1995
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Name of an establishment of WALCO ASSOCIATES LTD · Logistics services · Kent CT 16 1 QD · since 2001
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Business and other management consultancy · Waregem · since 2014
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General construction of residential buildings · Charleroi · since 2016
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Lokeren · since 2018
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Detailhandel in vis en schaal- en weekdieren · Sint-Niklaas · since 2020
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Sports and recreation education · Lennik · since 2022
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Groothandel in levende dieren, muv levend vee · Lennik · since 2010
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Zonhoven · since 2011
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Other building finishing work · since 1967
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Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 2007
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2007
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Development of residential building projects · Anzegem · since 2026
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Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen · since 1994
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1970
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Name of an establishment of Les deux frères du vin · Wholesale of wines and spirits · Knokke-Heist · since 2016
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Freight transport by road · Wemmel · since 2018
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Pet training · Hasselt · since 2021
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Abbreviation of WEAREFETISH · Other membership organisations · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2022
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Abbreviation of @Wakening Abilities for the Future · Brussel · since 2010
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Other retail sale of food · Bree · since 2012
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Abbreviation of African Community · Turnhout · since 1997
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · since 2005
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Abbreviation of Wild Animals Farming · Wemmel · since 1990