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.
“WANDMAN”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other specialised design activities · Anzegem · since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · Hove · since 2025
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Productie van televisieprogramma's · Leuven · since 1997
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Antwerpen · since 2012
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Enghien · since 2017
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · since 2017
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Charleroi · since 2005
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of WIDE AREA NETWORK · Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Seraing · since 1999
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Abbreviation of Wallonie Aerotraining Network · Vocational training · Charleroi · since 1999
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Sports and recreation education · since 2021
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Other business support services · Zaventem · since 2022
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2023
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Retail sale of souvenirs and religious articles · since 2005
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2016
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2011
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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2024
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Joinery installation · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of BRANDALL · Graphic design and visual communication · Brakel · since 2017
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Performing arts by independent artists · Aalter · since 1991
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 1991
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Houffalize · since 1997
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Aarschot · since 2002
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Name of an establishment of WANDA FOOD · Wholesale of other food products · Mouscron · since 2014
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Gent · since 2016
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Zoutleeuw · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2020
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · since 2008
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Other business support services · Antwerpen · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of The Hiking Co · Retail sale of other sporting goods · Roeselare · since 2025
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Kortrijk · since 2026