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.
“WAFINA”
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
15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · since 2001
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Real estate agency activities · Waremme · since 2004
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Activiteiten van tolken · since 2026
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Wielsbeke · since 1975
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Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Menen · since 1980
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 1993
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Antwerpen · since 1996
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Other financial services · Brussel · since 2018
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Other financial services
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Abbreviation of SAFINA INVEST · Elsene · since 2009
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Berlaar · since 2007
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Geel · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Oudergem · since 2025
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Machelen (Brab.) · since 1968
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Other retail sale of food · Brussel · since 2022
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Freight transport by road · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2021
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Zedelgem · since 2026
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2014
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Other education · since 2017
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Abbreviation of WASTE FINALITY CONSULTING · Business and other management consultancy · Seraing · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of Vuylsteke · Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · Jabbeke · since 1990
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Name of an establishment of DIRK VAN DEN BOSSCHE · Retail sale of automotive fuel · Merelbeke-Melle · since 1999
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · since 1977
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Schaarbeek · since 2007