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.
“Wan”
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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Abbreviation of WIDE AREA NETWORK · Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Seraing · since 1999
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Abbreviation of Wallonie Aerotraining Network · Vocational training · Charleroi · since 1999
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Sports and recreation education · since 2021
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Other business support services · Zaventem · since 2022
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2023
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Retail sale of souvenirs and religious articles · since 2005
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Office administrative and support services · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · Dilbeek · since 2026
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Other support activities for arts and performing arts · Lochristi · since 2010
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Full-service restaurants · Thuin · since 2014
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Zoutleeuw · since 2018
Names that resemble it 45 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Hove · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of CHARLETOIT · General construction of residential buildings · Ukkel · since 1993
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Brussel · since 1998
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Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 1999
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Other specialised design activities · Anzegem · since 2013
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Launderettes and laundries for private customers · Hasselt · since 2013
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Maastricht · since 2012
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2016
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2022
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Retail sale of household furniture · Gent · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of POTTAL PLUS · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Anderlecht · since 2018
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Abbreviation of VZW Wang · Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 2021
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Other business support services · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Vocational training · since 2022
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Hoeilaart · since 2023
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2011
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Abbreviation of WALLONIE AVENTURE NATURE TOURISME · Tourist information services · Hamoir · since 2008
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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2024
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of OPERATEUR DE TRANSPORT DE WALLONIE · Scheduled passenger transport by road · Namur · since 1989
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Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · Leuven · since 1983
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Performing arts by independent artists · Aalter · since 1991
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Sint-Martens-Latem · since 1991
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General electrical installation work · Moorslede · since 1991
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Houffalize · since 1997
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Turnhout · since 2000
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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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General electrical installation work · Ukkel · since 2019
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Vermogensbeheer · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2020
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Market research and public opinion polling · since 2021
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Name of an establishment · Pre-press and pre-media services · Oudenaarde · since 2023
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · since 2008
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Merchtem · since 2009
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Willebroek · since 2010
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Other business support services · Antwerpen · since 2011
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Mortsel · since 2006
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Nursing and midwifery · Kortemark · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of SBT FUNERAL · Funeral services · Villers-le-Bouillet · since 2024
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General electrical installation work · Couvin · since 2024
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Dilbeek · since 2025
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Mons · since 2025
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Kortrijk · since 2026