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Name check

Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“WESTLINK”

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

1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.

  • WESTLINK same name
    Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · Middelkerke · since 2011
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • West Linde similar
    Groothandel in weefsels, stoffen en fournituren · Deinze · since 2022
  • WEST LIGHT similar
    General electrical installation work · Roeselare · since 1987
  • Westlimco similar
    Other business support services · Brussel · since 1999
  • WE-LINK similar
    Advertising agencies · Tournai · since 2020
  • Freight transport by road · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2018
  • InvestLink similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Oud-Turnhout · since 2018
  • WeST similar
    Buying and selling of own real estate · Gent · since 1981
  • West similar
    Name of an establishment of IN-Z · Other social work without accommodation · Genk · since 1996
  • Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2001
  • West similar
    Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2014
  • WEST similar
    Abbreviation of WENDY-SOLUTIONS · Office administrative and support services · Kontich · since 2015
  • West-Limburg similar
    Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Beringen · since 2018
  • WEST similar
    Name of an establishment of West, Geassocieerde Notarissen · Activities of notaries · Koksijde · since 2018
  • West similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Heusden-Zolder · since 2014
  • Other business support services · since 2022
  • Wholesale of diamonds and other precious stones · since 2012
  • WeSt similar
    Activities of holding companies · Zonhoven · since 2023
  • WEST similar
    Pre-press and pre-media services · Gistel · since 2024
  • 't Link similar
    Abbreviation of VZW 't Link · Antwerpen · since 2023
  • General cleaning of buildings · since 2024

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