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.
“WOWT”
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 2017
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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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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Performing arts by independent artists · 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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Abbreviation of WOWOW Invest · Advertising agencies · Geraardsbergen · since 1977
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Other business support services · Oud-Turnhout · since 2019
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Full-service restaurants · since 2022
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Event catering · since 2022