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.
“WEDEM”
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
20 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Diepenbeek · since 1987
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Abbreviation of We don't entertain much · Gent · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Grobbendonk · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Schoten · since 2014
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Gent · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2020
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Court-Saint-Etienne · since 2025
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Growing of flowers · Gent · since 2026
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Temse · since 2026
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Destelbergen · since 1987
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Name of an establishment · Other tax advisory services · Beernem · since 1990
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Other construction installation · Geel · since 1997
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Dendermonde · since 1998
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Vorst · since 2019
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Development of residential building projects · Erpe-Mere · since 2019
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2025
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Turnhout · since 2025
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Frameries · since 2025
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Villers-le-Bouillet · since 2025
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Other software publishing · Brussel · since 2026
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Plastering work · Turnhout · since 2016
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Valkenswaard · since 1976
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Kapellen · since 2002
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Other building finishing work · Aalter · since 2015
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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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Trade name of Werva · Dental practice · Wevelgem · since 2024
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · since 2021
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General construction of residential buildings · Lokeren · since 2015
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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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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Holsbeek · since 2012
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since 1984
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Computer programming · Ohey · since 2019
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Reparatie en onderhoud van schoeisel en lederwaren · since 2021
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Stabroek · since 2001
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Rixensart · since 1982