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Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“Win4u”

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

2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Win4u same name
    Vervaardiging van metalen deuren en vensters · Zedelgem · since 2009
  • TWIN4U very similar
    Geluidsopnamestudio's · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2008
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • WIN similar
    Retail sale of electrical household appliances · Ukkel · since 1988
  • WIN similar
    Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2001
  • WIN similar
    Name of an establishment of LOUISSE&DECLERCQ · Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2015
  • W.I.N. similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Malle · since 2003
  • WIN similar
    Abbreviation of NeWIN · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Herstal · since 2009
  • WIN + similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · Bastogne · since 2010
  • WIN² similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2011
  • WIN similar
    Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2024
  • WIN4LED similar
    General electrical installation work · Jalhay · since 2014
  • Darwin4u similar
    Groothandel in sport- en kampeerartikelen, met uitzondering van fietsen · Wanze · since 2016
  • WIN ++ similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Joinery installation · Durbuy · since 2020
  • W.IN similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Namur · since 2007

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