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.
“WALEMA”
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
17 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vermogensbeheer · Knokke-Heist · since 2022
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Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2001
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Full-service restaurants · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2011
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Service activities incidental to land transportation · Evergem · since 2008
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Merelbeke-Melle · since 1988
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Specialist medical practice · Tournai · since 2002
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Business and other management consultancy · Aalter · since 2014
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Jette · since 2016
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Freight transport by road · Opwijk · since 2022
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Activities of lawyers · Beringen · since 2023
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Activities of holding companies · Roeselare · since 2006
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Detailhandel in kledingaccessoires · Balen · since 2024
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Activities of head offices · Mechelen · since 2024
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2026
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Other postal and courier activities · since 1999
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Cafés and bars · since 2014
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Mont-Saint-Guibert · since 2004
Names that resemble it 16 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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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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Retail sale of footwear · Ath · since 2007
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2019
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Insulation installation · since 1974
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Productie van elektriciteit uit hernieuwbare bronnen · Liège · since 2014
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Mechelen · since 2015
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Activities of holding companies · Kortrijk · since 2006
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Insulation installation · Marche-en-Famenne · since 2008
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Lille · since 2024
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General medical practice · since 2016
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Wholesale of fruit and vegetables, excluding potatoes · Pont-à-Celles · since 1995