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.
“WHYNUT”
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
20 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2020
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Hasselt · since 1977
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Knokke-Heist · since 1986
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Elsene · since 1987
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Groothandel in suiker, chocolade en suikerwerk · Etterbeek · since 1993
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Full-service restaurants · since 1997
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Cafés and bars · since 1993
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Hairdressing and barber services · Mons · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of WHY NOT 1962 · Cafés and bars · Jodoigne · since 2015
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Abbreviation of WhyNot.Digital · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Gent · since 2015
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Full-service restaurants · since 1996
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Visual arts creation · since 1979
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Courcelles · since 2018
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2020
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2008
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Other holiday and short-stay accommodation · since 2010
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Full-service restaurants · since 1972
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Manufacture of outerwear · since 1977
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of MAVRYC · Event catering · since 2008
Names that resemble it 2 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Bütgenbach · since 2021
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Verwerking en conservering van fruit, exclusief productie van diepgevroren fruit · since 2022