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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.

“DWE”

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.

  • DWE same name
    Nursing and midwifery · Braine-le-Comte · since 2015
  • DWE same name
    Abbreviation of DWE service solutions · Public relations and communication consultancy · Lievegem · since 2020
  • Renting and leasing of other personal and household goods · since 2009
  • General electrical installation work · since 2012
  • DWE same name
    Business and other management consultancy · Turnhout · since 2004
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • DWW - E. similar
    Abbreviation of DWW - Entertainment · Dessel · since 2018
  • DWEN similar
    Vervaardiging van andere machines voor specifieke doeleinden n.e.g. · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 2005
  • Real estate agency activities · since 2023
  • Other cleaning activities · since 2025
  • DW & S similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Haaltert · since 2006
  • DWEIN similar
    Activities of holding companies · Fernelmont · since 2025
  • D.W. similar
    Abbreviation of Huis De Weijers · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 1979
  • D.W. similar
    Abbreviation of DIRECT WAY · On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Machelen (Brab.) · since 1991
  • D.W. similar
    Name of an establishment of DATAWIN · Advertising agencies · Elsene · since 1995
  • DW+ similar
    Development of residential building projects · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2019
  • DW similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Halle · since 2022
  • D.W. similar
    Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Grimbergen · since 2005
  • D.-W. similar
    Support activities for crop production · Havelange · since 2006
  • DW similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Wortegem-Petegem · since 2024
  • Landscape service activities · since 2025

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