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.
“WEN”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Full-service restaurants · Leuven · since 2014
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Riemst · since 2018
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Herk-de-Stad · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2005
Names that resemble it 55 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Antwerpen · since 1985
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Lille · since 1980
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Abbreviation of WAAK EN ZIE · Cafés and bars · Deinze · since 1985
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Abbreviation of WESTHOEK - MONUMENTEN · Contract catering and other food service activities · Diksmuide · since 1986
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Abbreviation of WOUTERS EN FASSEUR · Photography, excluding press photography · Antwerpen · since 1988
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Activities of interior architects · Hoogstraten · since 1989
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Borsbeek · since 1990
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Other tax advisory services · Essen · since 1999
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 1999
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Full-service restaurants · Lier · since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · Hove · since 2013
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Kampenhout · since 2017
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 2017
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Aalst · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2013
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Vermogensbeheer · Hasselt · since 2004
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General construction of residential buildings · Tienen · since 2021
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Bricklaying and masonry work · Malle · since 2022
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Mortsel · since 2022
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Abbreviation of WENZ FINTECH Service · Liège · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · Liège · since 2025
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Vermogensbeheer · Schaarbeek · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2025
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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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Knokke-Heist · since 1989
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Full-service restaurants · Diest · since 1996
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Trade name of Nadi · Hairdressing and barber services · Antwerpen · since 1997
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Business and other management consultancy · Schoten · since 2002
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Name of an establishment of SISTERS PRODUCTION · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Waterloo · since 2013
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Inland freight water transport · since 2001
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2007
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General electrical installation work · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2015
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1989
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Other technical testing and analysis · since 2017
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Meerhout · since 2018
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2018
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Event catering · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2021
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Verhuur en lease van landbouwmachines en -werktuigen · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2022
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Other postal and courier activities · Charleroi · since 2023
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Hoogstraten · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · Zonnebeke · since 2009
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Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2011
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Hotels and similar accommodation · since 1985
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Joinery installation · Asse · since 2004
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2025
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2007
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Business and other management consultancy · Tournai · since 2007
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Antwerpen · since 2023
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General electrical installation work · Enghien · since 2024
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2024
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2024
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Activities of head offices · Diepenbeek · since 2026
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Brakel · since 1984