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.
“WOLKO”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Ukkel · since 2024
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Detailhandel in breigarens, handwerken en fournituren · Aarschot · since 2022
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Performing arts by independent artists · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2013
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Performing arts by independent artists · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Name of an establishment · Development of residential building projects · Wervik · since 2014
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Name of an establishment · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Brugge · since 1980
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of holding companies · Ledegem · since 2014
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2015
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Zutphen · since 2019
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ZUTPHEN · since 2020
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Other education · Lochristi · since 2021
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Other specialised design activities · since 2021
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Agents and managers of artists, athletes and other public figures · Gent · since 2022
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2009
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Manufacture of outerwear · since 2025
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Word of Life · Evere · since 2018
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Ukkel · since 2006
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Andere activiteiten op het gebied van de geestelijke gezondheidszorg · since 2026
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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2012
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Detailhandel in kledingaccessoires · since 1985