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.
“WASE”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Alken · since 2003
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Handel in elektriciteit · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2001
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Name of an establishment of DRAF · Operation of sports facilities · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2015
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2019
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · Sint-Niklaas · since 2018
Names that resemble it 26 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Vilvoorde · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Waremme Auto Sport · Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Waremme · since 1982
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Abbreviation of WRIGHT ET ASSOCIATES · Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Ukkel · since 1998
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Abbreviation of Water & Air Solutions · Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Ukkel · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Namur · since 2022
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2023
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Abbreviation of WATERLOO AUTOS SERVICES · Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Genappe · since 2025
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Abbreviation of WIKITREE ACTUARIAL SERVICING · Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 2026
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Support activities for crop production · Zonnebeke · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Federale Overheidsdienst Werkgelegenheid, Arbeid en Sociaal Overleg · Federale overheid · Anderlecht · since 1968
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Computer programming · Oudenaarde · since 1995
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Cafés and bars · Lubbeek · since 2016
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WUPPERTAL · since 2017
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Specialist medical practice · Gent · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Warche, Amblève, Salm et Affluents · Vielsalm · since 2020
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Other software publishing · La Louvière · since 2022
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Abbreviation of WALLONIA SURGERY INSTITUTE · Other education · Namur · since 2023
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Scheduled passenger transport by road · Brussel · since 2011
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Buying and selling of own real estate · De Haan · since 2007
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2025
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Anderlecht · since 2025
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General electrical installation work · since 2025
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Abbreviation of De Owase · Renting and leasing of sports and recreation goods · Leuven · since 2022
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Launderettes and laundries for private customers · Izegem · since 1994
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2024
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Abbreviation of G & S INTERNATIONAL · Freight transport by road · Bornem · since 2001