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.
“WiDiDo”
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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Office administrative and support services · Plombières · since 2016
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Gent · since 1972
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Verhuur en lease van vaat- en glaswerk, keuken- en tafelgerei, elektrische huishoudapparaten en andere huishoudelijke benodigdheden · since 2000
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Activities of building architects · Gent · since 2025
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General construction of residential buildings · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2010
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Niklaas · since 2023
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Lanaken · since 2014
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Computer programming · Kortrijk · since 2021
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2021
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Marche-en-Famenne · since 2022
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Other education · Kalmthout · since 2007
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Other education · Gent · since 2013
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General construction of residential buildings · Overijse · since 2017
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Other tax advisory services · Schaarbeek · since 1985
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Abbreviation of DEMOKRATISERENDE INITIATIEVEN DEGELIJK ONDERSTEUNEN · Other membership organisations · Leuven · since 1984
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Bekkevoort · since 1989
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Niet-gespecialiseerde groothandel in niet-diepgevroren voedingsmiddelen, dranken en genotmiddelen · Herzele · since 1993
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Kalmthout · since 1997
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Other education · since 2017
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Aalst · since 2020
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2022