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.
“WOELS”
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
27 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Lichtervelde · since 2017
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Hasselt · since 2009
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Employment placement agencies · since 2011
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Plastering work · Halen · since 1975
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Knokke-Heist · since 1989
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Plumbing work · Lokeren · since 1995
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Business and other management consultancy · Zwevegem · since 1997
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Photography, excluding press photography · Herk-de-Stad · since 2000
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Operation of fairground attractions · Malle · since 2001
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Abbreviation of WIELS CENTRE D'ARTS CONTEMPORAINS - CENTRUM VOOR HEDENDAAGSE KUNST · Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Vorst · since 2002
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2015
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Translation services · since 2017
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Lier · since 2018
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Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · since 2019
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2002
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2020
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Mechelen · since 2020
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2023
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Other legal services · Dilbeek · since 2021
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Computer programming · Staden · since 2021
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2008
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Bonheiden · since 2005
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General electrical installation work · Kortrijk · since 2006
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General construction of residential buildings · Ternat · since 2008
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Verwerking en conservering van vis en van schaal- en weekdieren · Ichtegem · since 2024
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Joinery installation · Lede · since 2025
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Joinery installation · since 2022
Names that resemble it 4 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2026
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Joinery installation · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2022
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Diest · since 2015
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Translation services · Sint-Truiden · since 2022