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.
“WESTCO”
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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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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
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · Berlaar · since 2008
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Activities of professional membership organisations · Avelgem · since 1994
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Development of residential building projects · Oud-Turnhout · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Hemiksem · since 1984
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Name of OUEST COLLECTIVITES · 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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Westerlo · since 2026
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Fleurus · since 2000
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Activities of holding companies · Waregem · since 2018
Names that resemble it 42 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Market research and public opinion polling · Aartselaar · since 1989
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Kippenkwekerijen · Vleteren · since 1992
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · READING · since 2023
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Gent · since 1981
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Name of an establishment of IN-Z · Other social work without accommodation · Genk · since 1996
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2001
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2014
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Abbreviation of WENDY-SOLUTIONS · Office administrative and support services · Kontich · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of West, Geassocieerde Notarissen · Activities of notaries · Koksijde · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Heusden-Zolder · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Marine Research Education Development West Corals · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Wevelgem · since 2019
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Other business support services · since 2022
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Wholesale of diamonds and other precious stones · since 2012
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Activities of holding companies · Zonhoven · since 2023
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Gistel · since 2024
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Materials recovery from waste · Ieper · since 1994
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Kortrijk · since 1998
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since 1980
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Other business support services · Zedelgem · since 2004
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 2020
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Koksijde · since 2024
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Geraardsbergen · since 1987
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Abbreviation of TRANSCOBEL · Brussel · since 1989
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Grimbergen · since 1990
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Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Oostkamp · since 1996
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Abbreviation of WESTHOEK MACHINERING COÖPERATIE · Support activities for crop production · Ieper · since 2020
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2025
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Groothandel in foto- en filmapparatuur en in andere optische artikelen · Antwerpen · since 1968
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Malle · since 2021
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Real estate agency activities · Middelkerke · since 2021
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Tattoo and piercing services · since 2021
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Nieuwpoort · since 2010
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Handel in elektriciteit · Oudenaarde · since 1967
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Other business support services · Brussel · since 1999
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Contract catering and other food service activities · Elsene · since 1983
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Westerlo · since 1985
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Support activities for animal production · since 1996
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Wommelgem · since 2017
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General construction of other non-residential buildings · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2019
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Other building finishing work · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2009
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Full-service restaurants · Westerlo · since 2018
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Antwerpen · since 2000