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Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“WAVE QUEST”

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

20 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • WAVE QUEST same name
    LUXEMBOURG · since 2004
  • WAVE very similar
    Buying and selling of own real estate · Antwerpen · since 1974
  • WAVE very similar
    Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Esneux · since 1993
  • WAVE very similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Schilde · since 1998
  • Wave very similar
    Kortrijk · since 2014
  • wave (sole trader) very similar
    Web portal activities · since 2019
  • WAVE! very similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Lint · since 2019
  • W.A.V.E. very similar
    Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Brugge · since 2019
  • WAVE very similar
    Pre-press and pre-media services · Kortrijk · since 2021
  • WAVE very similar
    Activities of holding companies · Waregem · since 2021
  • Wave (sole trader) very similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · since 2022
  • WAVE very similar
    Retail sale of women's outerwear · Antwerpen · since 2010
  • WAVE very similar
    Physiotherapy · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2011
  • Quest very similar
    Abbreviation of Quest Events · Business and other management consultancy · Oostkamp · since 1997
  • QUEST very similar
    Abbreviation of QUEST REAL ESTATE · Real estate agency activities · Antwerpen · since 2003
  • QUEST very similar
    Abbreviation of Quality Education in Europe for Sustainable Social Transformation · Other education · Elsene · since 2017
  • QUEST (sole trader) very similar
    Plumbing work · since 2002
  • Quest (sole trader) very similar
    Other education · since 2019
  • Quest very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 2006
  • QUEST very similar
    Other information service activities · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2024
Names that resemble it 3 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • WINE QUEST similar
    Retail sale of wines and spirits · Gent · since 2011
  • Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2019
  • VerveQuest similar
    Computer programming · Heusden-Zolder · since 2021

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