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.
“DEWIMAT”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Kalmthout · since 1992
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Freight transport by road · Gembloux · since 1968
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since 1988
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Eeklo · since 1999
Names that resemble it 34 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2000
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Abbreviation of Houtambachtenmuseum en Netetoerisme "De Wimpe" · Other sports activities · Herenthout · since 1990
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Development of residential building projects · Genk · since 1992
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Laarne · since 2016
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · since 2021
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since 1992
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Other educational support services · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2019
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since 2007
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Cafés and bars · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of Gemeente Schilde · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Schilde · since 1968
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Name of an establishment of Vranken · Plumbing work · Aarschot · since 1975
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Support activities for crop production · Pelt · since 1984
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Gent · since 1986
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Other specialised construction activities · Mechelen · since 1987
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Retail sale of antiques · Oostende · since 1992
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Anderlecht · since 1993
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Groothandel in machines, werktuigen en toebehoren voor de landbouw · Bekkevoort · since 1995
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · Overijse · since 1995
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General construction of residential buildings · Bornem · since 2018
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2000
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Business and other management consultancy · Gesves · since 2020
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Computer programming · Jemeppe-sur-Sambre · since 2022
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2009
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Abbreviation of De Wip, Steunpunt voor opvoeding, onderwijs, therapie en vrije tijd · Other membership organisations · Knokke-Heist · since 2010
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Computer programming · since 2010
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Employment placement agencies · Brasschaat · since 2008
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Event catering · since 2024
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Other building finishing work · Menen · since 2025
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Seraing · since 2026
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Nivelles · since 1968
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Joinery installation · since 2008
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Zemst · since 1989
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Bouw van civieltechnische werken voor vloeistoffen, n.e.g. · since 2010