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.
“WAWA”
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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Brugge · since 1992
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Les Bons Villers · since 2019
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Office administrative and support services · Genappe · since 2011
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · since 2008
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Sound recording · since 1999
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Hasselt · since 2023
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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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since 2025
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Other postal and courier activities · since 2023
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2018
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Other information service activities · Gent · since 2025
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2010
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Vilvoorde · since 1984
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Vervaardiging van huishoudelijke en sanitaire papierwaren · Wevelgem · since 1989
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Retail sale of lighting equipment · Anzegem · since 1992
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Abbreviation of WE ARE THE WORDS · Computer programming · Brussel · since 1999
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Abbreviation of We and Work · Employment placement agencies · Antwerpen · since 2014
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Abbreviation of WINE & WINERIES · Retail sale of wines and spirits · Lasne · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of WCBO · Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of WBXL · Groothandel in overige bouwmaterialen · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2021
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Oudergem · since 2011
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Charleroi · since 2025
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Other business support services · Koekelberg · since 2023
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Waterloo · since 2003
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Name of an establishment of WHAT A WONDERFUL WORK · General construction of residential buildings · Etterbeek · since 2011
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Abbreviation of WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD · Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · Paliseul · since 2007
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Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2018
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Operation of sports facilities · Berlare · since 1992