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Name check

Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“WICOGEN”

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

1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.

  • WICOGEN same name
    Nutrition and dietetics services · Léglise · since 2019
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • WICO similar
    Abbreviation of KATHOLIEK SECUNDAIR ONDERWIJS SINT-WILLIBRORD · Vrij gesubsidieerd gewoon algemeen secundair onderwijs · Pelt · since 1991
  • WICO similar
    Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 1993
  • WICO similar
    Oud-Turnhout · since 1997
  • WICO similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2002
  • WICO similar
    Machining of metals · Kuurne · since 2018
  • WICO similar
    Land surveying · Balen · since 2024
  • BRICOGEN similar
    Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Genappe · since 2025
  • WICOM similar
    Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Kortrijk · since 1983
  • WICON similar
    Activities of holding companies · Aalter · since 1996
  • WICON similar
    Abbreviation of WILLEMS CONSULTANCY · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Hulshout · since 2014
  • WICOD similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Vleteren · since 2017
  • WICO'S similar
    Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Schaarbeek · since 2022
  • COGEN similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Schilde · since 2011
  • WICO (sole trader) similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Vervaardiging van onderkleding

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