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.
“TWC”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of EXDEPO · Insurance agents and brokers · Gent · since 1999
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Abbreviation of DEWIT PRO · Retail sale of wines and spirits · Overijse · since 2015
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Roofing work · Zwalm · since 2016
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Abbreviation of The Write Choice · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2019
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Abbreviation of The Waterfront Collection · Activities of holding companies · Zandhoven · since 2021
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Site preparation · Antwerpen · since 2012
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Abbreviation of THE WATCH COMPANY · Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Destelbergen · since 2016
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Computer programming · Gent · since 2017
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of The Traveling Wine Circus · Assenede · since 2015
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Abbreviation of THE WESTWOOD COUNTRY DANCERS · since 2008
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Abbreviation of The Waffle Concept Company · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Brugge · since 2006
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Abbreviation of Thomas Wieme Computer Solutions · Vocational training · Deinze · since 2008
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Abbreviation of TechWise-CSM · Public relations and communication consultancy · Diest · since 2024
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Abbreviation of de ToverWijzer · Tienen · since 2017
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Dental practice · Maldegem · since 2018
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Abbreviation of That's Why · Other business support services · Wevelgem · since 2019
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Lokeren · since 2025