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.
“WHISK”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Lochristi · since 2021
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Computer programming · Evere · since 2000
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Zandhoven · since 2023
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2017
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of games and toys · since 2025
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Abbreviation of War Heritage Institute · Openbaar bestuur op het gebied gezondheidszorg, onderwijs, culturele diensten en andere sociale diensten · Brussel · since 2017
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Activities of interior architects · Temse · since 2025
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · since 2026
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Computer programming · Kontich · since 2020
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2004
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Compositie van muziek · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of QUALISERV PLUS · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Mechelen · since 2001
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Lichtervelde · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Hoger Instituut voor Schone Kunsten - Vlaanderen · Antwerpen · since 1996
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Verwerking van thee en koffie · As · since 2013
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2014
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 1995
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2023
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Other retail sale of food · since 2026
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · since 1992
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Gent · since 2018