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.
“Goedwi”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Aalter · since 2025
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Antwerpen · since 2019
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Heusden-Zolder · since 2014
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Activities of holding companies · Brussel · since 2021
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2024
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Oudenburg · since 2018
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Detailhandel in boeken · Geraardsbergen · since 2018
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Namur · since 2021
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Trade name of GOEDTKINDT · Other business support services · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of Familiehulp Goed Wonen · Other social work without accommodation · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2008
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Gent · since 1989
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1989
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Trade name of MadebyHanna · Graphic design and visual communication · Antwerpen · since 2011