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Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“WOLKE”

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

5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • WOLKE same name
    Performing arts by independent artists · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2013
  • Wolker very similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2024
  • Wolk7 very similar
    Performing arts by independent artists · Antwerpen · since 2021
  • WOLKO very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Ukkel · since 2024
  • WOLFE very similar
    Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · Geel · since 2013
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • WOLK similar
    Activities of holding companies · Ledegem · since 2014
  • Photography, excluding press photography · since 2015
  • Wolk BV similar
    Zutphen · since 2019
  • WOLK BV similar
    ZUTPHEN · since 2020
  • Wolk similar
    Other education · Lochristi · since 2021
  • Other specialised design activities · since 2021
  • Wolk similar
    Agents and managers of artists, athletes and other public figures · Gent · since 2022
  • Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2009
  • Manufacture of outerwear · since 2025
  • Cafés and bars · since 2024
  • wolkom similar
    Detailhandel in breigarens, handwerken en fournituren · Aarschot · since 2022
  • WOL similar
    Abbreviation of Word of Life · Evere · since 2018
  • WOL similar
    Ukkel · since 2006
  • Andere activiteiten op het gebied van de geestelijke gezondheidszorg · since 2026
  • Hairdressing and barber services · since 2015
  • Overige activiteiten op het gebied van architectuur, n.e.g. · since 2026
  • WOLKMAN similar
    Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2012
  • Detailhandel in kledingaccessoires · since 1985
  • WOLKENHOEVE similar
    Varkensvetmesterijen · Geel · since 1990
  • Wolkenhuisje similar
    Name of an establishment of W.O.K.O. · Day nurseries and crèches · Oostkamp · since 2021

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