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.
“WALT”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Name of an establishment of WATERLOO SHOPPING · Retail sale of household furniture · Vilvoorde · since 1994
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Business and other management consultancy · Heusden-Zolder · since 2016
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Literary creation · since 2019
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Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · Rixensart · since 2010
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Aalter · since 2023
Names that resemble it 50 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Wholesale of timber · Hasselt · since 1936
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Name of an establishment of W GROUP I · Wholesale of timber · Diepenbeek · since 1977
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Name of an establishment of W GROUP II · Wholesale of timber · Genk · since 1991
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Business and other management consultancy · Lievegem · since 1997
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2026
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Waterloo · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of W GROUP III · Wholesale of timber · Bree · since 2020
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Elsene · since 1968
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Tessenderlo-Ham · since 1992
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Activities of holding companies · Liège · since 1995
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Business and other management consultancy · Thuin · since 1999
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Gent · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Wal-Active · Subsidised independent mainstream primary education · Rebecq · since 2017
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Productie van televisieprogramma's · Gent · since 2019
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Freight transport by road · Fléron · since 2020
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Abbreviation of WALTEN GROUP · Business and other management consultancy · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Harelbeke · since 2022
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Opwijk · since 2023
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Vorst · since 2023
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Buggenhout · since 2008
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Vorst · since 2024
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General electrical installation work · Temse · since 1997
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Mechelen · since 2000
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Mons · since 2003
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Gent · since 2018
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 2012
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Bouw van andere civieltechnische werken, n.e.g. · since 2007
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Groothandel in machines, werktuigen en toebehoren voor de landbouw · Sambreville · since 2025
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Anderlecht · since 1990
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Abbreviation of Wase Lopers · Sint-Niklaas · since 1994
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Lille · since 1994
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Abbreviation of WE.ALL.LOVE.RUNNING · Lievegem · since 2014
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Herzele · since 2019
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2023
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Mont-Saint-Guibert · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of wald S.C.R.l · Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Schaarbeek · since 2006
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Tourist information services · Gent · since 2024
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Activities of holding companies · Brasschaat · since 2024
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Hastière · since 2025
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Retail sale of beverages, general range · Rebecq · since 2026
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Activities of holding companies · Brussel · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Haacht · since 1999
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · La Louvière · since 2019
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2019
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Hechtel-Eksel · since 2021
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2007
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Sports and recreation education · since 2020
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Elsene · since 1969
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Name of an establishment of Panelo Benelux · Vervaardiging van fineer en van panelen op basis van hout · Schoten · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · Heusden-Zolder · since 2024