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.
“WIBEMA”
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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 1994
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Activities of holding companies · Zulte · since 2008
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Abbreviation of FINANCIELE- EN BEHEERMAATSCHAPPIJ · Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Putte · since 1980
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Retail sale of household furniture · Riemst · since 1982
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Blankenberge · since 1986
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Activities of holding companies · Begijnendijk · since 2009
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Renting and leasing of other personal and household goods · Genk · since 2004
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Oostende · since 2005
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Activities of holding companies · Roeselare · since 2006
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Activities of lawyers · Ukkel · since 2007
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Performing arts by independent artists · Brugge · since 2025
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Sint-Niklaas · since 1973
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Elsene · since 1968
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Koekelare · since 2014
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Other specialised construction activities · Grimbergen · since 2020
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Other specialised construction activities · Oudergem · since 1989
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Antwerpen · since 2001
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Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2013
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Insulation installation · Putte · since 2019
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Event catering · Rotselaar · since 1991
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Poperinge · since 2000
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Development of residential building projects · Kortrijk · since 2012
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Activities of holding companies · Rumst · since 1965
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Abbreviation of Beroepsvereniging van Maatschappelijk assistenten · Schoten · since 1982
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Kortrijk · since 1983
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Tielt-Winge · since 1984
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Aalst · since 1986
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Plumbing work · Eghezée · since 1989
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Halle · since 1989
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Deinze · since 1993
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Schilde · since 1997
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Floor and wall tiling · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2001
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Abbreviation · Verhuur en lease van tenten · Menen · since 2023
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Lanaken · since 2007
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Vervaardiging van optische instrumenten, magnetische en optische dragers en fotografische apparatuur · Schaarbeek · since 2008
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Insurance agents and brokers · Beernem · since 2026