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.
“WOSH”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of Werkgroep Ontwikkelingssamenwerking en Samenlevingsopbouw Heist-op-den-Berg · Other retail sale of food · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 1982
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Launderettes and laundries for private customers · Elsene · since 2019
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Abbreviation of WORLD OF SUPER HOSTS · Oostende · since 2020
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Inzameling van ongevaarlijk afval · Gent · since 2021
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Abbreviation of WATERSPORT OOSTENDE - SPUIKOM · Activiteiten van watersportclubs · Oostende · since 1985
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Alken · since 1987
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Abbreviation of Welzijn-op-School · Merksplas · since 2003
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Abbreviation of WO SURGERY · Schaarbeek · since 2026
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Full-service restaurants · since 2022
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Activities of lawyers · Oudsbergen · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Zandhoven · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Haacht · since 2025