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.
“WOW”
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
21 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of W O W = Waardig Ouder Worden · Antwerpen · since 1993
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Advertising agencies · Vorst · since 1999
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Liège · since 2016
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Abbreviation of WonderWijven · Andere drinkgelegenheden · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Windows Open Worldwide · Other social work without accommodation · La Louvière · since 2017
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2019
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Abbreviation of WOW-Wijnbouwers Oost-West · Other education · Kortrijk · since 2019
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General construction of residential buildings · Brasschaat · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Wealth Other Way · Business and other management consultancy · Lobbes · since 2022
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Abbreviation of World of Wheels · Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Geetbets · since 2022
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Abbreviation of WORLD OF WALRAFF · Book publishing · Brussel · since 2009
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Abbreviation of Ways of Working · Business and other management consultancy · Oosterzele · since 2011
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2023
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Abbreviation of World Of Wonders · Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Bastogne · since 2023
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Event catering · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · since 2022
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Abbreviation of WOWOW Invest · Advertising agencies · Geraardsbergen · since 1977
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Westerlo · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of O3 DEVELOPMENT · General construction of residential buildings · Westerlo · since 2019
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Event catering · since 2022
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Mechelen · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 2017
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Other business support services · Oud-Turnhout · since 2019
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Andere activiteiten op het gebied van de geestelijke gezondheidszorg · since 2022
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Verhuur en lease van televisietoestellen en andere audio- en videoapparatuur · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Roosdaal · since 2004
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Abbreviation of WONDELGEM ONDERNEEMT · Other business support services · Gent · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of WO!POP · Full-service restaurants · Wezembeek-Oppem · since 2018
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Maarkedal · since 2006