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.
“WMD”
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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Name of an establishment of WOUTERS METAALDESIGN · Other construction installation · Westerlo · since 1994
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Holsbeek · since 2013
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Abbreviation of WM DIGITAL · Web portal activities · since 2023
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General construction of residential buildings · Soignies · since 2006
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Horn · since 2020
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Vilvoorde · since 1982
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Abbreviation of Watersport Moervaart · Activiteiten van watersportclubs · Laarne · since 1982
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Name of an establishment of W M HOPITAL (B) · Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Mont-de-l'Enclus · since 1987
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Other software publishing · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of WIM VANDEVOORDT CONSTRUCTIES · Joinery installation · Halen · since 2014
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 1996
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Abbreviation of Which Mountain? · Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Aarschot · since 2019
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Activities of head offices · Turnhout · since 2020
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · since 2021
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2022
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Vermogensbeheer · Hoogstraten · since 2022
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Abbreviation of WAUTHIER MEDICAL · Charleroi · since 2011
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · since 2013
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Abbreviation of WIN-MAKER · TANGER · since 2005
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Abbreviation of Wonder Meï · Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 2024
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General electrical installation work · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Other business support services · since 2026