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.
“Welim”
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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Activities of head offices · Kontich · since 2023
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Development of residential building projects · Diepenbeek · since 2014
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Elsene · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Beleggings en Immobilienkantoor · Real estate agency activities · Schoten · since 1935
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Luxembourg 1143 · since 1992
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Activities of head offices · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2009
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2025
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Wetteren · since 1992
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Luxemburg · since 1993
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Verhuur en lease van machines en installaties voor de bouwnijverheid en de weg- en waterbouw · Waregem · since 2017
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Advertising agencies · Tournai · since 2020
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Rusthuizen voor ouderen (ROB) · Marche-en-Famenne · since 2013
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Contactbemiddelingsbureaus en dergelijke · since 1984
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Insurance agents and brokers · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Activities of interior architects · Hasselt · since 2016
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2021
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Rust- en verzorgingstehuizen (RVT) · Hasselt · since 1990
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Poperinge · since 1992
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Binche · since 1993