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.
“Windroos”
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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Brugge · since 1995
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Name of an establishment of De Molenketjes · Day nurseries and crèches · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2014
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Amsterdam · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of Katholiek Onderwijs Vilvoorde Machelen Diegem · Subsidised independent mainstream primary education · Vilvoorde · since 1973
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Name of an establishment of 3Wplus Kinderopvang · Overige activiteiten met betrekking tot kinderopvang · Asse · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of REDERIJ ARIS · Zeevisserij · Knokke-Heist · since 2001
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Activities of head offices · Wielsbeke · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Harelbeke · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of UNIE-K · Instellingen met huisvesting voor volwassenen met een mentale handicap · Brugge · since 1985
Names that resemble it 7 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 · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 1992
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · since 2012
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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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Keerbergen · since 1994
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Gent · since 2015