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Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“TOP WELD”

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.

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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

17 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • TOP WELD same name
    Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Roeselare · since 2018
  • TOPWELD same name
    Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Gavere · since 2024
  • TOP very similar
    Name of an establishment of Stad Sint-Niklaas · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Sint-Niklaas · since 1968
  • T.O.P. very similar
    Abbreviation of Tielts Operette Podium · Tielt · since 1987
  • TOP very similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Dendermonde · since 1989
  • TOP very similar
    Name of T.O.P. (TEWERKSTELLING & OPLEIDINGSPROJECT) · Other education · Zonhoven · since 1990
  • T.O.P. very similar
    Abbreviation of The Other Project · Computer programming · Mechelen · since 1998
  • TOP very similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Brugge · since 2015
  • TOP (sole trader) very similar
    Full-service restaurants · since 1980
  • TOP very similar
    Site preparation · Lokeren · since 2009
  • TOP very similar
    Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Poperinge · since 2010
  • T.O.P. very similar
    Abbreviation of Tennis Organisatie Performance vzw · Antwerpen · since 2003
  • TOP very similar
    Buying and selling of own real estate · Bree · since 2006
  • T.O.P. very similar
    Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Tournai · since 2006
  • TOP very similar
    Abbreviation of The Obsidian Project · Business and other management consultancy · Oudergem · since 2026
  • WELD very similar
    Full-service restaurants · Ravels · since 2019
  • WELD very similar
    Abbreviation of WELD M'HAMED ASBL · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2026
Names that resemble it 3 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Topwerf similar
    Other specialised construction activities · Antwerpen · since 2015
  • TOPFIELD similar
    Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2002
  • Top World similar
    Full-service restaurants · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2021

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