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.
“Winow”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Groothandel in spellen en speelgoed · Dilbeek · since 2021
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Etablissements Alphonse Winandy-Ortmans · Dison · since 1968
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Computer programming · Gent · since 1990
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Joinery installation · Genk · since 2008
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2015
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Roeselare · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Namur · since 1993
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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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Other software publishing · since 2025
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Ranst · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Dilbeek · since 2016
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Other business support services · since 2023
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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