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.
“WERST”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Charleroi · since 1995
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Antwerpen · since 1999
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Physiotherapy · Maasmechelen · since 2009
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Trade name of KURRI · Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Merchtem · since 2022
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General construction of residential buildings · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2023
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · Destelbergen · since 2009
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Geel · since 2011
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Abbreviation of WERELD EVANGELISCHE MISSIE STEENTAFEL · Antwerpen · since 2007
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Name of an establishment · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Mol · since 2025
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Schaarbeek · since 2012
Names that resemble it 8 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Remicourt · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Meise · since 1999
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Computer programming · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2021
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Menen · since 2022
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Abbreviation of WERKERS agro bedrijfshulp · Support activities for crop production · Leuven · since 1992
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Abbreviation of WERKERS in uitzenden · Temporary employment agencies and other provision of personnel · Leuven · since 1998
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Abbreviation of WERKERS in aanneming · Support activities for animal production · Leuven · since 2001
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Business and other management consultancy · Gerpinnes · since 2020