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.
“SWIST”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Diest · since 2015
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Abbreviation of SWISH NATION · Brussel · since 2016
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Other sports activities · since 2023
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · since 1992
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Abbreviation of Walhain en Transition · Cafés and bars · Walhain · since 2023
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Name of an establishment · Vervaardiging van tabaksproducten · Wetteren · since 2003
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Insurance agents and brokers · Schilde · since 2011
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Activities of holding companies · Zoutleeuw · since 2023
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Ukkel · since 2026
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General electrical installation work · since 2021
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Real estate agency activities · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1995
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Hettlingen · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Vorst · since 2023
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Wichelen · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Wist Invest · Business and other management consultancy · Wavre · since 2023
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Halle · since 2005
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Operation of sports facilities · Gistel · since 2025
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Translation services · since 2005
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Maasmechelen · since 2021