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.
“Wintermarkt”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other retail sale of food · since 2014
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2019
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Other business support services · since 2025
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2015
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2020
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Other business support services · Bierbeek · since 2025
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Activities of head offices · Koksijde · since 2010
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Abbreviation of Wijkgezondheidscentrum Botermarkt · General medical practice · Gent · since 1980
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Full-service restaurants · since 1986
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Gent · since 2005
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Winning van zand · Hamont-Achel · since 1983
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Joinery installation · Pelt · since 1984
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Londerzeel · since 1988
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 2025
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Households as employers of domestic personnel · since 2018
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Gingelom · since 2005
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Kinrooi · since 2025