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.
“WALEC”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of footwear · Ath · since 2007
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Insulation installation · Marche-en-Famenne · since 2008
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Ukkel · since 1971
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Name of an establishment of RESTAURANT LE WALES · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1988
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · Faimes · since 1993
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Machining of metals · Eupen · since 2016
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Urban planning and landscape architecture · Charleroi · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Thuin · since 1999
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General electrical installation work · Westerlo · since 1991
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Activities of holding companies · Wevelgem · since 2011
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Lille · since 1994
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since 1982
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Merelbeke-Melle · since 1988
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Productie van elektriciteit uit hernieuwbare bronnen · Liège · since 2014
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Vermogensbeheer · Knokke-Heist · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Kortrijk · since 2006
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Lille · since 2024
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2026
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Tessenderlo-Ham · since 1992
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Abbreviation of Wal-Active · Subsidised independent mainstream primary education · Rebecq · since 2017
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Site preparation · since 2021
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Waterloo · since 2015
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since 2016
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Brussel · since 2017
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Landscape service activities · Walcourt · since 2021
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General electrical installation work · since 2014
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2008
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Plumbing work · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Les Amis du Lycee L.E.Carter · Brussel · since 1968
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Abbreviation of Action laïque de l'Entité couvinoise · Couvin · since 1990
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 1988
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Abbreviation of Association Liègeoise de l'Ecole de Criminologie · Liège · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Alec Construct · Other specialised construction activities · Brussel · since 2019
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Floor and wall tiling · since 2018