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.
“WICANN”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Market research and public opinion polling · Wavre · since 1991
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Wielsbeke · since 1996
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Meerhout · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers · Other legal services · LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA · since 2008
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Haacht · since 1985
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Business and other management consultancy · Koksijde · since 2006
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Lochristi · since 1996
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Assenede · since 2002
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Business and other management consultancy · Damme · since 2015
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Algemeen onderhoud en reparatie van overige motorvoertuigen (> 3,5 ton) · since 2023
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Coating of metals · since 2025
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Cafés and bars · Eeklo · since 1982
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Business and other management consultancy · Court-Saint-Etienne · since 2015
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Activities of holding companies · Berlare · since 2011
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Diepenbeek · since 2023
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2015
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Specialist medical practice · Lasne · since 2018
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2020
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Abbreviation of CHATEAU WICARO · Performing arts by independent artists · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2022
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2012
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Activities of holding companies · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2006
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Kruisem · since 2001