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.
“WARD”
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
18 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Peer · since 1974
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Business and other management consultancy · Bierbeek · since 2019
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Plastering work · since 2024
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Tielt · since 2024
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Antwerpen · since 2000
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Site preparation · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2017
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Coating of metals · Roeselare · since 2014
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Freight transport by road · Wingene · since 2007
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2016
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Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified
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since 2010
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2026
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2017
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since 2019
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Translation services · since 2023
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2023
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2024
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Advertising agencies · since 2026
Names that resemble it 37 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of medical and orthopaedic goods, excluding prescription glasses and lenses · since 2004
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2020
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Halle · since 2021
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Abbreviation of War and Remembrance · Zulte · since 2011
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Begijnendijk · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of WAL D'OR · Production of electricity from non-renewable sources · Marchin · since 2008
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Other education · since 2015
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Other postal and courier activities · Hasselt · since 2024
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Grobbendonk · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Oosterzele · since 2017
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Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · since 1989
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2024
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Ganshoren · since 2022
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2005
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Computer programming · Ganshoren · since 1990
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Activities of holding companies · Wortegem-Petegem · since 1995
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Name of an establishment of AUDOSAN · Retail sale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Genk · since 2000
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Sint-Niklaas · since 2002
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Mechelen · since 2014
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Kortrijk · since 2015
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Ecaussinnes · since 2016
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Agents and brokers in banking services · Affligem · since 2016
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Plumbing work · Oostende · since 2016
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General construction of other non-residential buildings · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Turnhout · since 2022
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Cafés and bars · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Detailhandel in ijzerwaren en gereedschappen · since 2012
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Socio-cultural adult education · Gent · since 2005
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Activities of head offices · Torhout · since 2025
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Activities of interior architects · Aartselaar · since 2026
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since 1983
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Web portal activities · Brugge · since 2017
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Name of an establishment · Dental practice · Lier · since 2021
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Gent · since 2023
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Bricklaying and masonry work · Brugge · since 2019
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Painting of buildings · since 2004