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.
“Wefem”
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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Other software publishing · Brussel · since 2026
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Abbreviation of CENTRE DE FORMATION A L'ECOUTE DU MALADE · Vocational training · Brussel · since 1986
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Activities of holding companies · Diepenbeek · since 1987
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Mont-Saint-Guibert · since 1996
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Abbreviation of FEDERATION DES POUVOIRS ORGANISATEURS DE L'ENSEIGNEMENT FONDAMENTAL LIBRE SUBVENTIONNE DE L'ENTITE DE MOUSCRON · Other membership organisations · Mouscron · since 1998
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Abbreviation of We don't entertain much · Gent · since 2014
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Turnhout · since 2025
Names that resemble it 4 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Westfalische Essencen Fabrik · Dortmund · since 1968
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Abbreviation of Waregem Erdinger Fanclub · Waregem · since 2014
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General construction of residential buildings · Lokeren · since 2015
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Brussel · since 1989