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.
“WindSea”
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.
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Business and other management consultancy · Schaarbeek · since 2020
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Elsene · since 2000
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Real estate agency activities · Kortrijk · since 1984
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Seneffe · since 1986
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Damme · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of DICHHA · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2013
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Full-service restaurants · since 1992
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Cafés and bars · since 1994
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Cafés and bars · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · since 1983
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Full-service restaurants · since 1987
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Aalst · since 2007
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Wielsbeke · since 1954
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General construction of residential buildings · Antwerpen · since 2015
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PARIS · since 2015
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Abbreviation of BURGER INIATIEF WINDSTIL MALLE/ZOERSEL · Malle · since 2019
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Other specialised design activities · Mont-Saint-Guibert · since 1990
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Business and other management consultancy · Grez-Doiceau · since 1998
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Forging of metal · since 2012
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Joinery installation · Nivelles · since 2025
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Gent · since 2015