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.
“WIVA”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Malle · since 2002
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General cleaning of buildings · Bredene · since 2023
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Site preparation · Deinze · since 2013
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Construction of roads and motorways · Gent · since 2020
Names that resemble it 28 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of OXFAM WERELDWINKEL WILLEBROEK · Other retail sale of food · Willebroek · since 1976
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Business and other management consultancy · Tielt-Winge · since 1990
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Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods · Langemark-Poelkapelle · since 1993
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Business and other management consultancy · Herk-de-Stad · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Werkcentrum voor Internationaal Vormingswerk · Gent · since 1979
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Aalter · since 1992
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · Kasterlee · since 2017
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2017
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Sint-Truiden · since 2017
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Activities of holding companies · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Beringen · since 2017
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Vermogensbeheer · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Risk and damage evaluation · Koekelare · since 2020
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Andere activiteiten op het gebied van de verspreiding van inhoud · Schilde · since 2022
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Other business support services · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2025
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Abbreviation of WILLY LUC VANHAESEBROUCK · Wholesale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products · Wielsbeke · since 1988
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Zottegem · since 2000
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Wholesale of other food products · Poperinge · since 2003
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Wingene · since 1990
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Geel · since 2000
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Ede · since 2016
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Wholesale of other household goods · since 1973
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Real estate agency activities · Braine-le-Château · since 2006
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Moorslede · since 2017
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Other building finishing work · Moorslede · since 2018
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Painting of buildings · Moorslede · since 2019
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Painting of buildings · Moorslede · since 2001
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Gent · since 1985