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.
“Wakanda”
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
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Jette · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of BRAINTOURS · Other retail sale of new goods · Waterloo · since 2020
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2022
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Ans · since 2018
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Laakdal · since 1995
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Nivelles · since 2018
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Retail sale of antiques · Opwijk · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · since 1977
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Brugge · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2023
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Tournai · since 2019
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Performing arts by independent artists · Aalter · since 1991
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 1991
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Aarschot · since 2002
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Name of an establishment of WANDA FOOD · Wholesale of other food products · Mouscron · since 2014
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Gent · since 2016
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Zoutleeuw · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2020
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Other business support services · Antwerpen · since 2011
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Business and other management consultancy · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Zoersel · since 2023
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Other business support services · Houthulst · since 2025
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Other education · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of KRIS VANDECASTEELE · Activities of building architects · Oudenburg · since 2002
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Activities of holding companies · since 2022
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2012
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · Oostende · since 2024
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Vervaardiging van specerijen, sauzen en kruiderijen · Boortmeerbeek · since 1988
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Computer programming · since 2022
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Brugge · since 2005