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.
“WEMEL”
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
21 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Antwerpen · since 2005
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Name of an establishment of BNP Paribas Fortis · Overige activiteiten van geldscheppende financiële instellingen · Brussel · since 1934
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Name of an establishment of ING BELGIE · Overige activiteiten van geldscheppende financiële instellingen · Brussel · since 1935
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Name of an establishment of EG Retail (Belgium) · Wholesale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products · Antwerpen · since 1969
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Name of an establishment of EG SERVICES (Belgium) · Retail sale of automotive fuel · Antwerpen · since 2010
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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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Fraxern · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 2020
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Teelt van vezelgewassen · Wielsbeke · since 1984
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Business and other management consultancy · Geer · since 1992
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Brugge · since 2001
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Koksijde · since 2002
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2016
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · since 2017
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Post-production of films, video and television programmes · Mechelen · since 2017
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Walhain · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2020
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2004
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Computer programming · since 2007
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Zedelgem · since 2023
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Other specialised construction activities · Gent · since 2004
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of holding companies · Diepenbeek · since 2015
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Reproductie van opgenomen media · since 2007
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Rusthuizen voor ouderen (ROB) · Marche-en-Famenne · since 2013
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Contactbemiddelingsbureaus en dergelijke · since 1984
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General construction of residential buildings · Lokeren · since 2015
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Insurance agents and brokers · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Brussel · since 1956
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Wetteren · since 2008
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Activities of holding companies · Balen · since 2011
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brugge · since 2012
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Specialist medical practice · Elsene · since 2003
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Abbreviation of EMEL-AIDE A LA SCOLARISATION EN MAURITANIE · Brussel · since 2007