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.
“M.R. WILLEMS VOF”
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
21 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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AARDENBURG · since 2000
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Hasselt · since 1989
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Waterbouw, muv baggerwerken · Vorselaar · since 1957
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Joinery installation · Ronse · since 1984
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Retail sale of electrical household appliances · Merchtem · since 1988
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Joinery installation · Nijlen · since 1991
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Mixed farming · Middelkerke · since 1991
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Other postal and courier activities · Olen · since 1994
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Hamme (Vl.) · since 1996
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Other postal and courier activities · since 1998
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Raising of dairy cattle · Maasmechelen · since 2014
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Detailhandel in breigarens, handwerken en fournituren · since 2000
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General construction of residential buildings · Bornem · since 2021
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Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2009
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Raising of dairy cattle · Herenthout · since 2010
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Lokeren · since 2010
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Handelsbemiddeling in de groothandel in brandstoffen, ertsen, metalen en chemische producten · Glabbeek · since 2011
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since 1979
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Other specialised construction activities · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2007
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2024
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Construction of roads and motorways · since 2018
Names that resemble it 5 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Driving schools for cars and motorcycles · since 2017
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Psychology services · since 2020
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Mixed farming · since 2009
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Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · since 2016
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Wholesale of perfume and cosmetics · since 2001