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.
“Wideko”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other business support services · Halle · since 2022
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Mouscron · since 1980
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Event catering · Rotselaar · since 1991
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Performing arts by independent artists · Gent · since 2017
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Employment placement agencies · Bornem · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Temse · since 2003
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Antwerpen · since 1995
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Wingene · since 2019
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Full-service restaurants · Oud-Heverlee · since 2002
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General cleaning of buildings · since 2023
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Gent · since 2004
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Knokke-Heist · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · Opwijk · since 2023
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Lasne · since 2006
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Performing arts by independent artists · Brugge · since 2025
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Other financial services · Keerbergen · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Dendermonde · since 2025
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Development of residential building projects · Gent · since 1987
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Koksijde · since 1989
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Wervik · since 1993
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Activities of holding companies · Kampenhout · since 1996
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2017
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Abbreviation of De Koepel · Tienen · since 2011
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Abbreviation of WIDE - WOMEN IN DEVELOPMENT EUROPE · Brussel · since 1989
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Construction of roads and motorways · Ternat · since 2007