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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.

“WRELM”

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

2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • WRELM same name
    Business and other management consultancy · Villers-la-Ville · since 2008
  • W REIM very similar
    Abbreviation of W REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT · Financiële lease · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2009
Names that resemble it 7 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • WR ELEK similar
    General electrical installation work · Beerse · since 2023
  • WRE similar
    Other technical testing and analysis · Leopoldsburg · since 2013
  • WRE similar
    Abbreviation of William Russell Europe · Insurance agents and brokers · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2019
  • WRE similar
    Computer programming · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2025
  • W.R.E. similar
    Abbreviation of WINTER REAL ESTATE · Overige bemiddeling in en beheer van onroerend goed voor een vast bedrag of op contractbasis, n.e.g. · Wervik · since 2025
  • RELM similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Kortrijk · since 2020
  • WREL similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Full-service restaurants · since 2014

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