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.
“ABVM”
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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Cafés and bars · Leuven · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Accountant Belastingconsulent Van Moorter · Other tax advisory services · Herzele · since 2006
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Algemeen Belgisch Vlasverbond · Activities of business and employers' organisations · Kortrijk · since 1940
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Abbreviation of MENOSA · Verhuur en exploitatie van terreinen · Gent · since 1992
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Abbreviation of ALGEMENE BOUWWERKEN VLEUGELS · Other specialised construction activities · Schoten · since 1998
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Abbreviation of ABORDS, BETONS, VOIRIE, CONSEILS ET ASSISTANCES · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Chaudfontaine · since 2013
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Pétange · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Arne Boomverzorging · Landscape service activities · Kampenhout · since 2020
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Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · since 2006
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Abbreviation of Association Belgique-Vietnam - 1973 · Elsene · since 2024
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Abbreviation of VAKANTIEVREUGDE, Vlaamse Gemeenschap, vereniging van sociaaltoerisme · Brussel · since 1983
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Insurance agents and brokers · Binche · since 2013
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Development of residential building projects · Pajottegem · since 2015
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Antwerpen · since 2009
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Abbreviation of Advocatenbureau Vanlee Bart · Activities of lawyers · Gavere · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of A.B.V.V. PROVINCIALE WERKLOOSHEIDSDIENST LIMBURG · Overige instellingen van de sociale zekerheid · Hasselt · since 1994
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Abbreviation of ALGEMENE BOUWWERKEN VAN UYTVEN · Floor and wall tiling · Sint-Niklaas · since 2005
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Activities of lawyers · Elsene · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · since 2023