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.
“WAG”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of Welzijn Antwerpse Gehandicapten · Antwerpen · since 1963
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Abbreviation of Werkgroep voor Cultuur-Abdij Grimbergen · Grimbergen · since 1969
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Other information service activities · Lanaken · since 2014
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 1998
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Name of an establishment of KVX · Computer programming · Oud-Heverlee · since 2014
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2023
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Oostende · since 2023
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Lanaken · since 2023
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Sports and recreation education · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of LE SANGLIER DES ARDENNES · Hotels and similar accommodation · Durbuy · since 1976
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Verhuur en lease van landbouwmachines en -werktuigen · Ans · since 1998
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Rotselaar · since 2021
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Other information service activities · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Abbreviation of WAREGEMS AUTONOOM GEMEENTEBEDRIJF STADSONTWIKKELING WAGSO · Development of residential building projects · Waregem · since 2008
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Real estate agency activities · Gent · since 2024
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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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Buying and selling of own real estate · Beauvechain · since 2012
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Beernem · since 1977