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.
“GWE”
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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General construction of residential buildings · Binche · since 2020
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Joinery installation · Geraardsbergen · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of Global Works Energy · Other construction installation · Rixensart · since 2006
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Abbreviation of GW ENERGY · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Ninove · since 2026
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Abbreviation of GLOBAL WATER & ENERGY ASIA · Activities of holding companies · Brugge · since 2023
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Advertising agencies · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 2011
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Computer programming · Liège · since 2004
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Abbreviation of GLOBAL WIND ENERGY COUNCIL · Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2005
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Abbreviation of Goldwing European Federation · Gent · since 2005
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2024
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Kruisem · since 1990
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Saint-Ghislain · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Landen · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Ganshoren · since 2026
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Advertising agencies · Ukkel · since 1983
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General cleaning of buildings · Wetteren · since 1992
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Abbreviation of Koninklijk Gym Waasland · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1998
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Retail sale of antiques · Brussel · since 2017
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Abbreviation of GoodWill Management · Business and other management consultancy · Liège · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Green Works · Other construction installation · Kortenberg · since 2009
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Kortenberg · since 2010
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Detailhandel in sanitaire artikelen en sanitair installatiemateriaal · Temse · since 2010
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Abbreviation of Good Will · Overige maatschappelijke dienstverlening zonder huisvesting voor ouderen of personen met een handicap · Lebbeke · since 2012
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Trade name of GLOBAL WINERIES · Wholesale of wines and spirits · Kapellen · since 2004
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Business and other management consultancy · Liège · since 2023