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.
“WEM”
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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General construction of residential buildings · Lokeren · since 2015
Names that resemble it 38 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activiteiten van loterijen en kansspelen · Lokeren · since 1977
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Mortsel · since 1984
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Development of residential building projects · Oosterzele · since 1988
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Activities of holding companies · Diepenbeek · since 2015
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2003
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Abbreviation of Water & Environnement, engineering & management · Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Lommel · since 2021
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Reproductie van opgenomen media · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of WE BELGIUM NV · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Antwerpen · since 1983
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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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Activities of holding companies · Brecht · since 2015
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Activities of holding companies · Chaudfontaine · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 2020
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Computer programming · Brussel · since 2022
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Abbreviation of WE MANAGE IT · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Antwerpen · since 2005
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Abbreviation of WERELD EVANGELISCHE MISSIE STEENTAFEL · Antwerpen · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of WEMAR Landbouwonderneming · Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Kortenaken · since 2008
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Turnhout · since 2025
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Other business support services · Gent · since 2026
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Other software publishing · Brussel · since 2026
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Abbreviation of WaterCoolers Europe · Market research and public opinion polling · Brussel · since 1998
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Computer programming · Hasselt · since 2002
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Abbreviation of Waterproofing EUROPE · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Brussel · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Wellness Experience ASBL · Schaarbeek · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Wendôme Events · De Haan · since 2018
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Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · Linkebeek · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Wulpen Events · Other amusement and recreation activities · Koksijde · since 2020
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Abbreviation of WECARE · Algemeen welzijnswerk met huisvesting · Elsene · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Ward Eelen · Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Brecht · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Wallonie Entreprendre · Activities of holding companies · Liège · since 2022
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Abbreviation of WOMEN EMPOWERMENT ZAMBIA · Hasselt · since 2005
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · Meerhout · since 2007
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Abbreviation of Water Europe · Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Etterbeek · since 2007
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Business and other management consultancy · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2026
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Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 1951
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Business and other management consultancy · Wielsbeke · since 2004