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.
“dewetho”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Merchtem · since 2006
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Computer programming · Kortenberg · since 2020
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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General electrical installation work · Wingene · since 2022
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Vervaardiging van werkkleding · since 1997
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of N.V. BEHEERSMAATSCHAPPIJ DEWE · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 1987
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Name of an establishment of DE WINTER INVEST · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Aalst · since 1995
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Other business support services · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Site preparation · since 2009
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Cafés and bars · since 2017
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Schaarbeek · since 2014
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Antwerpen · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Etterbeek · since 2015
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Antwerpen · since 2019
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Abbreviation of VZW De Wei · Activiteiten van botanische tuinen en dierentuinen · Dendermonde · since 2021
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Insurance agents and brokers · Rochefort · since 2022
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Ieper · since 2023
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Activiteiten van slachthuizen · Brasschaat · since 2010
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2026