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Name check

Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“WithSecure”

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

1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.

  • WithSecure same name
    Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Leuven · since 2009
Names that resemble it 7 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • SECURE similar
    General electrical installation work · Ukkel · since 2016
  • SECURE similar
    Evere · since 2003
  • WITH similar
    Abbreviation of World Institute of Technologies for Healing · since 1993
  • WIT.H similar
    Name of ACT21 · Other membership organisations · Kortrijk · since 2002
  • WiTH similar
    Abbreviation of Wild Things Happen · Retail sale of wines and spirits · Anderlecht · since 2022
  • WITH similar
    Computer programming · Antwerpen · since 2012
  • e-Cure similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Geetbets · since 2013

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