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.
“WESTEX”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2003
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Westerlo · since 1985
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Employment placement agencies · Westerlo · since 1989
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Wommelgem · since 2017
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2010
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Real estate agency activities · Middelkerke · since 2021
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Dilbeek · since 2025
Names that resemble it 43 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of footwear · Antwerpen · since 1968
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Gent · since 1981
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Business and other management consultancy · Moorslede · since 1985
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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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Vermogensbeheer · Stabroek · since 2011
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Full-service restaurants · Wemmel · since 2021
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Other business support services · since 2022
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Koksijde · since 2009
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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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General electrical installation work · Ieper · since 1999
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Wholesale of fruit and vegetables, excluding potatoes · Roeselare · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of ACV PROVINCIE ANTWERPEN · Activiteiten van vakbonden · Antwerpen · since 1945
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General cleaning of buildings · Koksijde · since 2024
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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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Westerlo · since 2026
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Bunnik · since 1987
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Full-service restaurants · Westerlo · since 2003
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Hotels and similar accommodation · since 2004
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Stabroek · since 2024
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Contract catering and other food service activities · Elsene · since 1983
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Elsene · since 1989
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Tielt · since 1991
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 1999
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Support activities for animal production · since 1996
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Advertising agencies · Brussel · since 2018
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Activities of holding companies · Waregem · since 2018
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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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Business and other management consultancy · Steenokkerzeel · since 2011
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Aarschot · since 2005
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Productie van televisiefilms · Vorst · since 2025
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Retail sale of beverages, general range · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of CP RETAIL · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Braine-le-Château · since 1992
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Name of an establishment of CPBE · Retail sale of women's outerwear · Braine-le-Château · since 2024