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.
“WESTCOAST”
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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · READING · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · Westerlo · since 2018
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Tattoo and piercing services · since 2021
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Nieuwpoort · since 2010
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Retail sale of other sporting goods · Nivelles · since 2019
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Real estate agency activities · Heuvelland · since 2026
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Agents and brokers in banking services · Koksijde · since 2021
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Veurne · since 1996
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Real estate agency activities · Veurne · since 1988
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of WestCoastEvents · Other amusement and recreation activities · De Panne · since 2020
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Middelkerke · since 1978
Names that resemble it 35 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Service activities incidental to land transportation · since 2020
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Activities of head offices · Wezembeek-Oppem · since 2024
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2026
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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 cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Londerzeel · since 2014
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Evergem · since 2024
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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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Koksijde · since 2015
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Nieuwpoort · 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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Operation of sports facilities · Middelkerke · since 2022
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · Berlaar · since 2008
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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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Office administrative and support services · Oudenburg · since 1995
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Gistel · since 2017
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Materials recovery from waste · Ieper · since 1994
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Activities of professional membership organisations · Avelgem · since 1994
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Middelkerke · since 1985
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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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Brussel · since 1990
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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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Gistel · since 2013
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2021
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2021
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Real estate agency activities · since 2022