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“WIPA”

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Same or very similar names

3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • WIPA same name
    Office administrative and support services · Veurne · since 2019
  • WIPA same name
    Joinery installation · Wortegem-Petegem · since 2024
  • WIPA (BELGIUM) very similar
    Abbreviation of WORDCARD INTERNATIONAL PLAYERS ASSOCIATION (BELGIUM) · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1988
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • WIPAL similar
    Translation services · Schilde · since 1986
  • WIPAM similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Maldegem · since 1990
  • Wipak bv similar
    Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Sittard · since 2015
  • Sole trader similar
    Pet training · since 2019
  • Wipadi similar
    Affligem · since 1986
  • WIP, asbl similar
    Abbreviation of WALLONIE IMAGE PRODUCTION, asbl · Production of cinema films · Liège · since 1986
  • W.I.P. similar
    Abbreviation of WORLD INVESTMENT PARTNERS · Milan · since 2000
  • WIP similar
    Abbreviation of WATERLOO INFANTE PROMOTION · Luxembourg 1235 · since 2002
  • Sole trader similar
    Other specialised construction activities · since 2023
  • WIPARA similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Schoten · since 2023
  • WIP similar
    Abbreviation of WIELERCLUB IRF PAINTS · Ledegem · since 2008
  • WiP vzw similar
    Abbreviation of Work in Progress vzw · Harelbeke · since 2007
  • WIP similar
    Abbreviation of Women In Power · Elsene · since 2024
  • WIP similar
    Abbreviation of WORK IN PROGRESS · Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Esneux · since 2025
  • Wipapo similar
    Other non-specialised retail sale · Brasschaat · since 2026
  • Sole trader similar
    Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2019
  • WIPS similar
    Andere afvalverwijdering · Aalst · since 2000
  • WIPT similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2006
  • Wip2 similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Leuven · since 2026

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

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