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.
“PROWELD”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Forging of metal · Heusden-Zolder · since 2021
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Other retail sale of food · Lennik · since 1999
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Painting of buildings · Antwerpen · since 2017
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Bouw van civieltechnische werken voor vloeistoffen, n.e.g. · Genk · since 2022
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2000
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2013
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Computer programming · since 1977
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Machining of metals · since 2020
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Other specialised construction activities · Lille · since 2008
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Handel in elektriciteit · Elsene · since 2024
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Other business support services · since 2024
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN WELDING · Vervaardiging van radiatoren, stoomketels en ketels voor centrale verwarming · Antwerpen · since 1999
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Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 2006
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Abbreviation of PROFESSIONAL WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION (BELGIUM) · Oostkamp · since 1994
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Other specialised construction activities · Wommelgem · since 2019