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.
“Wig”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Antwerpen · since 1968
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 1992
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Scheduled passenger transport by road · since 1975
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 2026
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Abbreviation of WalkinGent · Tourist information services · Gent · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Wille Investment Group · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Waregem · since 2022
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2024
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Stabroek · since 1991
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Pig breeding farms · Heuvelland · since 1990
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Abbreviation of WiGi Film PRODUCTIONS · Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Bertem · since 1993
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Name of an establishment of G-PAQ · Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Chimay · since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · Brasschaat · since 2013
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Lokeren · since 2018
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2009
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2026
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Lierde · since 1990
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Tourist information services · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Whinsprattack International · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2016
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Abbreviation of WATCH INVEST · Elsene · since 2008
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Hoogstraten · since 1970