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.
“Winifin”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2020
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Retail sale of beverages, general range · Villers-la-Ville · since 2003
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Name of an establishment of VAN DEN EINDE CONSULTING · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Haaltert · since 2005
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Verstrekken van hypothecair krediet · Wommelgem · since 2024
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Hoeilaart · since 2021
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Retail sale of electrical household appliances · Ukkel · since 1988
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2001
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Name of an establishment of LOUISSE&DECLERCQ · Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2015
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Vermogensbeheer · Malle · since 2003
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Abbreviation of NeWIN · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Herstal · since 2009
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Hairdressing and barber services · Bastogne · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2011
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Wommelgem · since 1992
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Business and other management consultancy · Putte · since 2016
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Oosterzele · since 2009
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2002
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Name of an establishment of W · Other research and development on natural sciences · Waterloo · since 2004
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Activities of holding companies · Essen · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of RCS Postproduction · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Zottegem · since 2008
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2025
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Joinery installation · Durbuy · since 2020
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Namur · since 2007