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Name check

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.

“Wegima”

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

11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Wegima same name
    Elsene · since 1986
  • WEFIMA very similar
    Abbreviation of WERK- EN FINANCIERINGSMAATSCHAPPIJ · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1983
  • REGIMA very similar
    Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Braine-l'Alleud · since 1983
  • WEBIMA very similar
    Combined facilities support activities · Antwerpen · since 1990
  • HEGIMA very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Burg-Reuland · since 1992
  • DEGIMA very similar
    Support activities for crop production · Ouffet · since 1998
  • WELIMA very similar
    Development of residential building projects · Diepenbeek · since 2014
  • BEGIMA very similar
    Abbreviation of BEGIMA web services · Web portal activities · Brussel · since 2014
  • BEGIMA very similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Waregem · since 2013
  • CEGIMA very similar
    Abbreviation of CEGIMA ROCHEFORT · Storten of permanent opslaan · Rochefort · since 2020
  • Legima very similar
    Name of an establishment of Legima PL · Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2011
Names that resemble it 6 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • WEGIMMO similar
    Brugge · since 1992
  • GIMA similar
    Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 1989
  • GIMA similar
    Abbreviation of GIMA - MACHINES · Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified · Aartselaar · since 1991
  • GIMA similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Brakel · since 1999
  • Gima similar
    Freight transport by road · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2023
  • Full-service restaurants · since 2010

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