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.
“WONKA”
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
21 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Ukkel · since 1998
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Verviers · since 2023
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Computer programming · Hasselt · since 2023
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Painting of buildings · since 2021
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2014
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Full-service restaurants · since 2005
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Name of an establishment of Studio Wonka · Public relations and communication consultancy · Menen · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 1971
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Joinery installation · Mortsel · since 1981
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Abbreviation of Fondation Katanga · Brussel · since 1997
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Leuven · since 2002
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Name of an establishment of "TONKA COMPANY" · Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Jette · since 2017
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Computer programming · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of KONCHÜ · Full-service restaurants · Ukkel · since 2021
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Computer programming · since 2021
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Anderlecht · since 2021
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Computer programming · Brugge · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Destelbergen · since 2023
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Schaarbeek · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Boutersem · since 2008
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Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 2007
Names that resemble it 7 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Niklaas · since 2010
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Other business support services · Zoersel · since 2000
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Abbreviation of RESEAU OCEAN MONDIAL · Verenigingen op het vlak van milieu en mobiliteit · Brussel · since 2006
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Business and other management consultancy · Laakdal · since 2004
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Beerse · since 1993
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Translation services · Sint-Truiden · since 2022
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Freight transport by road · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2025