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.
“WALTERLAND”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Laureins · since 2011
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Verenigingen op het vlak van milieu en mobiliteit · Gent · since 2018
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Performing arts by independent artists · Merchtem · since 2019
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Retail sale of games and toys · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2023
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of W.ALTER · Activities of holding companies · Liège · since 1995
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Gent · since 2016
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Productie van televisieprogramma's · Gent · since 2019
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Sports and recreation education · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · Harelbeke · since 2022
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Hoofddorp · since 2005
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Name of an establishment of Green Valley Hospitality · Full-service restaurants · Hasselt · since 2021
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Raising of horses and other equines · Stekene · since 2022
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · La Louvière · since 2019
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Advertising agencies · Mouscron · since 2016
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since 1969
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Mixed farming · Diksmuide · since 1988
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Scheduled passenger transport by road · since 2014
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2011
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Evere · since 2012
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Profondeville · since 2005
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Full-service restaurants · Heusden-Zolder · since 2024