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.
“WEPOS”
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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Gent · since 2021
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Abbreviation of West-Vlaamse Vereniging voor Onderwatersport · Sports and recreation education · Izegem · since 1991
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Vervaardiging van overige producten van metaal, n.e.g. · Hamme (Vl.) · since 1998
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Office administrative and support services · Brasschaat · since 2021
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Lochristi · since 2023
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Landscape service activities · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Westelse Dog Security · Westerlo · since 1997
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Aartselaar · since 2009
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Travel agency activities · Koekelberg · since 1988
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Abbreviation of WIND EN WATER ENERGIE PRODUCENT · Hasselt · since 1993
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Abbreviation of WIRE ENTANGLEMENT PRODUCTIONS · Performing arts by independent artists · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2002
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Abbreviation of WOMEN ENTREPRENEURSHIP PLATFORM · Etterbeek · since 2015
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Joinery installation · Evergem · since 2018
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Abbreviation of WEERTS ENERGY PARKS · Development of residential building projects · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Windels Engineering and Projects · Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2011
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Visé · since 2022
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Abbreviation of europese programma's voor onderwijs opleiding en samenwerking · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1995
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Other business support services · Lommel · since 2019
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Other business support services · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2010