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.
“Walther”
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
24 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Gent · since 2018
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Elsene · since 1969
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Literary creation · since 2022
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Vervaardiging van weegtoestellen · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Liège · since 1995
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Gent · since 2016
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Productie van televisieprogramma's · Gent · since 2019
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Full-service restaurants · Harelbeke · since 2022
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since 1972
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General electrical installation work · since 2013
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Landscape service activities · since 2014
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since 1988
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Tournai · since 2009
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Specialist medical practice · since 2004
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since 1993
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · since 1977
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Real estate appraisal on a fee or contract basis · since 2021
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Mixed farming · since 1971
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since 1969
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Vocational training · since 2024
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Activities of building architects · since 2024
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Groothandel in kantoor- en schoolbenodigdheden · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 1982
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Wholesale of timber · Hasselt · since 1936
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Name of an establishment of W GROUP I · Wholesale of timber · Diepenbeek · since 1977
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Name of an establishment of W GROUP II · Wholesale of timber · Genk · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of W GROUP III · Wholesale of timber · Bree · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Haacht · since 1999
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of WATERLOO SHOPPING · Retail sale of household furniture · Vilvoorde · since 1994
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Business and other management consultancy · Heusden-Zolder · since 2016
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Literary creation · since 2019
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Development of residential building projects · since 1992
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Other business support services · since 2023
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Web portal activities · since 2024
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Lievegem · since 1997
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2026
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Waterloo · since 2018
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Computer programming · Huy · since 2021
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Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · Rixensart · since 2010
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Landscape service activities · since 2020
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2014