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.
“WESCO”
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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Activities of holding companies · Hemiksem · since 1984
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Groothandel in kranten, boeken en tijdschriften · Cerizay · since 1986
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Manufacture of outerwear · Zwevegem · since 1987
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Cafés and bars · Kapellen · since 2019
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Grobbendonk · since 2023
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Abbreviation of WESENBEEK COMMUNICATIE · Productie van televisieprogramma's · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 1989
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Computer programming · Kapellen · since 2012
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Elsene · since 1989
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Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 2026
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Winter European Sport Club · Ukkel · since 1981
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Business and other management consultancy · Huy · since 2020
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Market research and public opinion polling · Brugge · since 1959
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Office administrative and support services · Zwevegem · since 1992
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Abbreviation of WES-Group · Other business support services · Wingene · since 2001
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General electrical installation work · since 2015
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2016
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Gavere · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of WEYSEN & DE BAERE architecten · Activities of building architects · Gent · since 2009
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General electrical installation work · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of CeraStone · Floor and wall tiling · Laakdal · since 2011
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Abbreviation of GROUP WES · General electrical installation work · Laakdal · since 2007
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Activities of head offices · Gavere · since 2018
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Sint-Niklaas · since 2020
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Development of residential building projects · Oud-Turnhout · since 2021
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General construction of residential buildings · Zoersel · since 2021
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Wholesale of agricultural produce and animal feed, general range · Eupen · since 1996
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Other building finishing work · Merchtem · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Eugène Schmidt en Compagnie · Machelen (Brab.) · since 1958
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Name of an establishment · Brugge · since 1938