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.
“WE DEC”
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
27 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Court-Saint-Etienne · since 2025
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Valkenswaard · since 1976
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Other building finishing work · Aalter · since 2015
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Activities of holding companies · Diepenbeek · since 1987
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Business and other management consultancy · Schoten · since 2014
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Abbreviation of We don't entertain much · Gent · since 2014
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Gent · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2020
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Growing of flowers · Gent · since 2026
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Temse · since 2026
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Hove · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Centrum voor Studie Aangaande Curatieve Opvoeding - Centre d'Etude de l'Education Curative · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1971
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Koksijde · since 1988
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Abbreviation of Confédération Européenne des Entreprises Locales d'Energie · Activities of business and employers' organisations · Brussel · since 1992
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Abbreviation of CHAMBRE EUROPEENNE DE DEVELOPPEMENT D'ETUDE ET DE CONSEIL · Anderlecht · since 1997
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Westerlo · since 1998
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Full-service restaurants · Oud-Heverlee · since 2002
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Web portal activities · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 2020
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Abbreviation of BELGIAN EASY DATA DRIVEN ELECTRICAL CHARGING · Handel in elektriciteit · Brussel · since 2021
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Graphic design and visual communication · Etterbeek · since 2022
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Name of an establishment · Business and other management consultancy · Kasterlee · since 2011
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Personenvervoer over zee- en kustwateren · since 2023
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General electrical installation work · since 2008
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Geel · since 2023
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Rixensart · since 1982
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Abbreviation of Centre Européen d'Evolution Economique · Market research and public opinion polling · Ukkel · since 1965
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Ukkel · since 2023
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Kapellen · since 2002
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Computer programming · Boom · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of WerInvest · Dental practice · Wevelgem · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Grobbendonk · since 2021
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Trade name of Werva · Dental practice · Wevelgem · since 2024
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Abbreviation of West Engineering & Consulting · Buying and selling of own real estate · Diksmuide · since 1975
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Activities of holding companies · Ronse · since 1992
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Comité des fêtes de Waret-l'Evêque · Héron · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Water Equipment Component · Groothandel in sanitair · Oupeye · since 2020
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Other retail sale of food · Westerlo · since 2004
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Name of an establishment of Emmaüs · Activiteiten van algemene ziekenhuizen, muv geriatrische en gespecialiseerde ziekenhuizen · Mechelen · since 1971
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Verhuur en exploitatie van terreinen · Izegem · since 1986
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Holsbeek · since 2012
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Elsene · since 1984
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Stabroek · since 2001
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Abbreviation of WASE EXPORT COMPANY · Channel Islande · since 1992