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.
“WIES”
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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Buggenhout · since 1997
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Activities of interior architects · Gent · since 2001
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Psychology services · since 2019
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Computer programming · since 2026
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Activities of lawyers · since 2020
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2021
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Eeklo · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Waregem · since 2015
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1988
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Abbreviation of Werkplaats immaterieel erfgoed · Other membership organisations · Brugge · since 2003
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Business and other management consultancy · Kalmthout · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Lier · since 2023
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Herentals · since 2011
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · Veurne · since 2020
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2023
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Cafés and bars · Beerse · since 2004
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Name of an establishment of Maison de la Solidarité de Mons Wallonie Picarde · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Frameries · since 1969
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Real estate appraisal on a fee or contract basis · since 2025
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Meise · since 2017
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since 1990
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2020
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2026
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since 2009