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.
“Wavan”
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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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General electrical installation work · Moorslede · since 1991
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Izegem · since 1983
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Waregem · since 1988
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Business and other management consultancy · Kontich · since 2002
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Alken · since 1995
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Name of an establishment · Land surveying · Tielt · since 2018
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Ledegem · since 2012
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Bonheiden · since 2017
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Name of an establishment · Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · Vorselaar · since 2019
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Name of an establishment · Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Langemark-Poelkapelle · since 2019
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Name of an establishment · Vermogensbeheer · Kruisem · since 2019
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Gingelom · since 2020
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Mortsel · since 2006
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Tielt · since 2019
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Staden · since 2025
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Support activities for crop production · Wavre · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of BVBA WaVaMe · Activities of lawyers · Westerlo · since 2014
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Koksijde · since 2003
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Other business support services · since 2025
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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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Abbreviation of WOMMELGEM ATLETIEK VERENIGING · Activiteiten van atletiekclubs · Wommelgem · since 2001
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Namur · since 2018
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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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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · 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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Bewerken en spinnen van textielvezels · Deinze · since 1987
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Zonnebeke · since 2021
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Oostende · since 1991
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Other information technology and computer services · since 2026
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · Bekkevoort · since 2010