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.
“WESTO”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Westerlo · since 2026
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Aarschot · since 2005
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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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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Elsene · since 1989
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Activities of holding companies · Waregem · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 2026
Names that resemble it 49 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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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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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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Name of an establishment of WE BELGIUM NV · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Antwerpen · since 1983
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Overijse · since 2017
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Anderlecht · since 1971
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Hannut · since 2017
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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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Westerlo · 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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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2003
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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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Advertising agencies · Brussel · 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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Productie van televisiefilms · Vorst · since 2025
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Retail sale of beverages, general range · since 2026
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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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Wholesale of live animals · Middelkerke · since 1968
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Gent · since 1968
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Agents and brokers in banking services · Veurne · since 1987
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Name of an establishment · Freight transport by road · Lo-Reninge · since 2003
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Joinery installation · Westerlo · since 2013
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Real estate agency activities · Knokke-Heist · since 2014
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Abbreviation of WestFit fiets en multisport academie · Activities of other sports clubs · Westerlo · since 2017
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Landscape service activities · since 2008
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Seneffe · since 2024
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Veurne · since 2025