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.
“WestImage”
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Koksijde · since 2017
Names that resemble it 32 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Tielt · since 1991
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Oostende · since 1991
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Roeselare · since 2009
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Tournai · since 2009
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Wetteren · since 2024
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Contract catering and other food service activities · Elsene · since 1983
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Abbreviation of Time-Image · Tongeren · since 1991
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Support activities for animal production · since 1996
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Business and other management consultancy · Steenokkerzeel · since 2011
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Groothandel in motorfietsen, delen en toebehoren van motorfietsen · Kortrijk · since 2015
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2016
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Gent · since 1981
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Name of an establishment of IN-Z · Other social work without accommodation · Genk · since 1996
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2001
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2014
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Abbreviation of WENDY-SOLUTIONS · Office administrative and support services · Kontich · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of West, Geassocieerde Notarissen · Activities of notaries · Koksijde · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Heusden-Zolder · since 2014
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Other business support services · since 2022
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Wholesale of diamonds and other precious stones · since 2012
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Activities of holding companies · Zonhoven · since 2023
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Gistel · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of EURO COMMON MARKET · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1988
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Hairdressing and barber services · Assenede · since 2002
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1993
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Production of cinema films · since 1992
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1997
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Other printing · Liège · since 2008
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Photography, excluding press photography · Sambreville · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of C WHITE · Hairdressing and barber services · Schaarbeek · since 2011
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Office administrative and support services · since 2012
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Hairdressing and barber services · Gent · since 2008