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.
“DE WERVEN”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Turnhout · since 2004
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Poperinge · since 2002
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Socio-cultural adult education · Aalst · since 1996
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Dendermonde · since 2024
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Vorselaar · since 1997
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Plumbing work · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of KAAP · Exploitatie van schouwburgen, concertzalen en dergelijke · Brugge · since 1986
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Name of an establishment of RD Immobilienkantoor · Real estate agency activities · Kortrijk · since 1987
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Ravels · since 1989
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Name of an establishment of JONO · Full-service restaurants · Leuven · since 2002
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Urban planning and landscape architecture · since 2022
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Activities of building architects · Tervuren · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Herentals · since 2024
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PERENCHIES · since 2016
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Wholesale of perfume and cosmetics · Knokke-Heist · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of DE WINTER INVEST · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Aalst · since 1995
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2019
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Other business support services · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Site preparation · since 2009
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Bertem · since 1983