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.
“WIMKO”
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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Coating of metals · Boom · since 2005
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Antwerpen · since 1958
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Other specialised construction activities · Enghien · since 1981
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Lubbeek · since 1986
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Groothandel in aanhangwagens, opleggers en caravans · Brugge · since 1998
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Other specialised construction activities · Kapellen · since 2013
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Joinery installation · Sint-Niklaas · since 2015
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2024
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Activities of holding companies · Grobbendonk · since 2016
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Design and construction of stages and sets · Hasselt · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of WILKO AUTOMOBIELEN · Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Brasschaat · since 2009
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Other business support services · Schoten · since 2024
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Real estate agency activities · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1985
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Abbreviation of Wouters Investment Management · Activities of holding companies · Balen · since 2014
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Driving schools for cars and motorcycles · Pelt · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Welcome in Mechelen V.Z.W. · Mechelen · since 2016
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Vermogensbeheer · Roosdaal · since 2016
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2018
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Other building finishing work · Haacht · since 2020
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Abbreviation of MOUVEMENTS WELDED IN MOTION · Production of cinema films · Jemeppe-sur-Sambre · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Wine in Moderation - Art de Vivre · Activities of business and employers' organisations · Brussel · since 2011
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Abbreviation of WORLDSTONE VENTURES IM · Web portal activities · Elsene · since 2012
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Bosbouw en bosbouwactiviteiten · since 2012
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Sports and recreation education · since 2004
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Abbreviation of Work in Motion · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Mol · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Women in Mission, AISBL · Flémalle · since 2025
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Abbreviation of WIM ASBL · Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2026
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Raising of dairy cattle · Beernem · since 2001
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Koksijde · since 1998