Skip to content

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.

“WorldInside”

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.

Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • WORLDWIDE similar
    Abbreviation of WORLDWIDE TRANSLATION & CONSULTING · Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Brussel · since 1997
  • WORLD INVEST similar
    Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Antwerpen · since 2018
  • Retail sale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · since 1977
  • INSIDE similar
    Activities of building architects · Lasne · since 1988
  • Inside similar
    Activities of interior architects · Brugge · since 1991
  • Inside similar
    Vorst · since 1998
  • INSIDE similar
    since 2001
  • Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · since 2016
  • INSIDE similar
    Activiteiten van industriële designers · Leuven · since 2019
  • Inside similar
    Other education · Hoogstraten · since 2022
  • IN-SIDE similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Jette · since 2011
  • WORLD similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Ichtegem · since 1983
  • INSIDE similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Gent · since 1977

Next steps