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.
“Wanaka”
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
16 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2019
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Paris · since 2014
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Groothandel in motorfietsen, delen en toebehoren van motorfietsen · Zandhoven · since 1986
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Knokke-Heist · since 1993
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Detailhandel in baby- en kinderbovenkleding · Mouscron · since 2013
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Hasselt · since 2018
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 2022
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Youth work associations · since 2009
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Wholesale of other food products · since 2024
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Wholesale of other food products · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Liège · since 2024
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Design and construction of stages and sets · Brussel · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2014
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Real estate agency activities · Antwerpen · since 2007
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Antwerpen · since 2013
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Malle · since 2015
Names that resemble it 8 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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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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Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 1989
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Abbreviation of Waka Waka Generation · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Computer programming · Ciney · since 2022
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Sint-Truiden · since 2003
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Business and other management consultancy · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 1990
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Full-service restaurants · Soumagne · since 2019