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.
“Werko”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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General cleaning of buildings · Zonhoven · since 2020
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Trade name of Young Mobility Services · Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · Gent · since 2019
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Other business support services · Glabbeek · since 2017
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Ranst · since 2017
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Antwerpen · since 1967
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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General construction of residential buildings · Bonheiden · since 2010
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 2018
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Torhout · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Meise · since 1999
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Abbreviation of WE-R SRL · Computer programming · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2021
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Menen · since 2022
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Joinery installation · Peer · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of Gemeente Vorselaar · Bosbouw en bosbouwactiviteiten · Vorselaar · since 1968
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Abbreviation of WERKERS agro bedrijfshulp · Support activities for crop production · Leuven · since 1992
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Abbreviation of WERKERS in uitzenden · Temporary employment agencies and other provision of personnel · Leuven · since 1998
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Abbreviation of WERKERS in aanneming · Support activities for animal production · Leuven · since 2001
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Joinery installation · since 2020
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Demolition · since 2021
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Computer programming · Gent · since 2021
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Hoogstraten · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Dessel · since 2007
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Other printing · since 2025
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Computer programming · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Groothandel in sport- en kampeerartikelen, met uitzondering van fietsen · Anzegem · since 2003