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.
“WILCHRI”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Beringen · since 1986
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Antwerpen · since 2018
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2017
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Other business support services · Mouscron · since 2018
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Insurance agents and brokers · Anderlecht · since 1986
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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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Plumbing work · Schoten · since 1997
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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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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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Knokke-Heist · since 1988