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.
“WORTEL”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Gent · since 1997
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2019
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Diest · since 2015
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Abbreviation of WERKGROEP ONTWIKKELING RICHTLIJNEN EERSTE LIJN · Other social work without accommodation · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Veterinary services · since 2007
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Real estate agency activities · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2000
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Abbreviation of Koninklijke Vereniging VERMAAK NA ARBEID Wortel · Operation of sports facilities · Hoogstraten · since 1957
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2019
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Other photographic activities · since 2009
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · since 2021
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Literary creation · since 2009
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Landscape service activities · since 2026
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Landscape service activities · since 2010
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Intermediation services for non-specialised retail · since 2026
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Gent · since 2006
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Socio-cultural adult education · since 2018
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Onderwijs voor sociale promotie · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · Kortrijk · since 2010
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Socio-cultural adult education · since 2024