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.
“WALON”
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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Specialist medical practice · Waterloo · since 2008
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Painting of buildings · Zaventem · since 2024
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · since 2009
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Activities of holding companies · Kortrijk · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of AG Beyond · Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2007
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Advertising agencies · Liège · since 2023
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Amay · since 1990
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Antwerpen · since 2000
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Computer programming · Grimbergen · since 2007
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since 2014
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Wase Lopers · Sint-Niklaas · since 1994
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Name of an establishment of de Biehal · Beschutte en sociale werkplaatsen · Lommel · since 1999
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Launderettes and laundries for private customers · since 2012
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Postdiensten in het kader van de universele dienstverplichting · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of VAN STEIRTEGEM RS · Cafés and bars · Wetteren · since 2015
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Launderettes and laundries for private customers · since 2015
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Activiteiten van industriële wasserijen · since 1994
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Name of an establishment of LDL Coin · Groothandel in machines voor de textielindustrie en in naai- en breimachines · Tielt · since 2006
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Launderettes and laundries for private customers · since 2013
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Activiteiten van industriële wasserijen · since 2024
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Chaudfontaine · since 2002
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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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Namur · since 2013
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Vervaardiging van ander technisch en industrieel textiel · Kortrijk · since 2014
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Detailhandel in sanitaire artikelen en sanitair installatiemateriaal · since 2022
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Other social work without accommodation · Anderlecht · since 2005
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Activities of head offices · Schilde · since 2006