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.
“WSELS”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Lier · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Zwevegem · since 1997
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Abbreviation of WIELS CENTRE D'ARTS CONTEMPORAINS - CENTRUM VOOR HEDENDAAGSE KUNST · Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Vorst · since 2002
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2015
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Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Lichtervelde · since 2017
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Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · since 2019
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Vermogensbeheer · Schoten · since 2014
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Joinery installation · since 2022
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Wordlwide Solidarity for Education · Geraardsbergen · since 2017
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Operation of sports facilities · Leuven · since 2007
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2010
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Other specialised construction activities · Putte · since 1989
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Painting of buildings · Ranst · since 2016
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Joinery installation · Beerse · since 2017
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Schilde · since 2017
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Inland freight water transport · since 2022
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Cultural education · Gent · since 2021
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Liège · since 1996