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.
“Walken”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Mixed farming · Evergem · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of Wit-Gele Kruis van Limburg · Nursing and midwifery · Genk · since 1964
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Psychology services · Bierbeek · since 1993
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Anderlecht · since 2020
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Abbreviation of WALTEN GROUP · Business and other management consultancy · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of Walden Advisory · Business and other management consultancy · Schaarbeek · since 2024
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Activiteiten van vechtsportclubs · Gistel · since 2025
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of other sports clubs · since 2025
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Real estate agency activities · Antwerpen · since 1992
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Mont-Saint-Guibert · since 2009
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Tourist information services · Gent · since 2024
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Manufacture of jewellery · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of Openbaar Centrum voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn van Alken · Openbare Centra voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn (OCMW) · Alken · since 1968
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Urban planning and landscape architecture · since 2017
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Groothandel in voedsel voor huisdieren · Balen · since 2017
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Computer programming · Herent · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of BLS CONSULT · Business and other management consultancy · Namur · since 2012
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Dendermonde · since 2023
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Mont-Saint-Guibert · since 2024
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Oudenburg · since 1998
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Elsene · since 1989