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.
“WAYLA”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Elsene · since 2023
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Computer programming · Gent · since 2014
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1983
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since 1996
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Antwerpen · since 1997
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Literary creation · since 2018
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Activities of building architects · Zaventem · since 2016
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2024
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Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2026
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of World Assembly Of Youth · Elsene · since 1955
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Abbreviation of We Are Young · Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2017
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Abbreviation of WHY AND YOU · Business and other management consultancy · Hoeilaart · since 2020
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Abbreviation of WEAREYOUTH.VZW · Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Wholesale of diamonds and other precious stones · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of Sunrecup · Logistics services · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2023
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Dental practice · since 2021
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Hairdressing and barber services · Brugge · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of YALCINLAR · Retail sale of lighting equipment · Schaarbeek · since 2005
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Abbreviation of Ayla vzw · Oostende · since 2026
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General electrical installation work · Herstal · since 2017