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Name check

Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“BWCK”

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

1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.

  • BWCK same name
    Activities of holding companies · Evere · since 2024
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • BWC similar
    Abbreviation of Brussels Women's Club · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1970
  • B.W.C. similar
    Name of an establishment of perma-trade BeNeLux · Buying and selling of own real estate · Merchtem · since 1983
  • B.W.C. similar
    Abbreviation of BELGIAN WEAPONS CORPORATION · Retail sale of other sporting goods · Brussel · since 1992
  • BWC similar
    Abbreviation of BELGIUM BANGLADESH WOMEN AND CHILD CARE · Antwerpen · since 2015
  • BWC similar
    Abbreviation of BRUSSELS WOMEN CONFERENCE · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2016
  • BWC similar
    Abbreviation of Breese Whiskyclub · Bree · since 2017
  • BWC similar
    Abbreviation of BLACK & WHITE COLLABORATION · Liège · since 2010
  • BWC similar
    Abbreviation of Brightsight Window Cleaning · General cleaning of buildings · Zwevegem · since 2024
  • BWCG similar
    Agents and brokers in banking services · Clavier · since 2025

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