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.
“WELF”
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Beernem · since 2019
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Rusthuizen voor ouderen (ROB) · Marche-en-Famenne · since 2013
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Operation of sports facilities · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2014
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Contactbemiddelingsbureaus en dergelijke · since 1984
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Insurance agents and brokers · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Wholesale of fruit and vegetables, excluding potatoes · Zaventem · since 2001
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Vermogensbeheer · Herent · since 2023
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Abbreviation of WELL COMMUNICATIONS · Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · Roeselare · since 1999
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Kortrijk · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of SB Creations · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Lille · since 2016
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Full-service restaurants · Ravels · since 2019
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Vermogensbeheer · Sint-Niklaas · since 2020
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Sports and recreation education · since 2022
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 2023
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Media representation · Beerse · since 2023
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Activities of holding companies · Bornem · since 2009
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Abbreviation of WEALTH ETHICS LIFESTYLE & LEADERSHIP · Business and other management consultancy · Waterloo · since 2012
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 2003
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Other personal services · since 2024
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Abbreviation of WELD M'HAMED ASBL · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2026
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Antwerpen · since 1953
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Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen · Estaimpuis · since 1988
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Activities of holding companies · Putte · since 2015