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.
“Wave.art”
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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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Brussel · since 2023
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Antwerpen · since 1974
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Esneux · since 1993
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Schilde · since 1998
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Kortrijk · since 2014
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Web portal activities · since 2019
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Lint · since 2019
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Brugge · since 2019
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Kortrijk · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Waregem · since 2021
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2022
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Antwerpen · since 2010
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Physiotherapy · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2011
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Socio-cultural adult education · Gent · since 2005
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Name of an establishment of LIGNUM INTERIOR · Vervaardiging van andere meubelen, n.e.g. · Brakel · since 2012
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Nieuwpoort · since 2001
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Business and other management consultancy · Hove · since 2015
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Full-service restaurants · since 2019
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Physiotherapy · Leuven · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Wijnegem · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of Buddi · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Kapellen · since 2022
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Development of residential building projects · Hooglede · since 2022
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Activities of lawyers · Kapellen · since 2022
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Other sports activities · De Panne · since 2023
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2024
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Physiotherapy · since 2025
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Productie van televisieprogramma's · since 2025
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2026