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.
“BEWICA”
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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Fosses-la-Ville · since 2004
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Manufacture of outerwear · Wingene · since 1995
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Abbreviation of Belgian Wiping Materials · Materials recovery from waste · Waregem · since 1984
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Other business support services · Lanaken · since 1995
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Antwerpen · since 1998
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Activities of holding companies · De Panne · since 1999
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Other business support services · Stabroek · since 2019
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Site preparation · Lokeren · since 2012
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2025
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Zemst · since 2022
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Vermogensbeheer · Oostende · since 2017
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Joinery installation · since 2013
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Herentals · since 2015
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2013
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Herentals · since 2021
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Evere · since 2022
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Abbreviation of BeWiSe, Femmes et Sciences en Belgique - Vrouwen en Wetenschappen in België · Brussel · since 2003
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Lochristi · since 1996
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Assenede · since 2002
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Name of an establishment · Business and other management consultancy · Damme · since 2015
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Coating of metals · since 2025
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Research and development on biotechnology · Brugge · since 2010