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.
“WILCA”
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
23 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Insurance agents and brokers · Anderlecht · since 1986
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Plumbing work · Schoten · since 1997
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Zwevegem · since 1991
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Zwevegem · since 2014
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Liège · since 1988
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Kortrijk · since 1990
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Mol · since 1991
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Sint-Niklaas · since 1991
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Schilde · since 1992
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Activities of holding companies · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2012
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2012
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · since 1984
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Other business support services · Sint-Niklaas · since 2019
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Wohlen · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Bierbeek · since 2021
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Activities of head offices · Kortrijk · since 2023
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2010
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Other business support services · Brugge · since 2023
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Other information service activities · Maldegem · since 2024
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Painting of buildings · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 1984
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Insurance agents and brokers · Buggenhout · since 1984
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Knokke-Heist · since 1988
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Waregem · since 2022
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Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · Sint-Niklaas · since 2002
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2023
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2014
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Temse · since 2007
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Abbreviation of WELCOME IN LIEGE · Business and other management consultancy · Liège · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Women in Logistics · Public relations and communication consultancy · Etterbeek · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Kring voor Heemkunde Wilrica · Antwerpen · since 1981
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Beringen · since 1986
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Trade name of WILLEM COENEN · Activities of holding companies · Beringen · since 2016
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Other business support services · Mouscron · since 2018
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Hamont-Achel · since 2012
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Vermogensbeheer · Oud-Turnhout · since 2000