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.
“AVF”
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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Abbreviation of August Vermeylenfonds · Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Gent · since 1945
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Office administrative and support services · Lasne · since 2013
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Post-production of films, video and television programmes · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2023
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Vervaardiging van sportartikelen · since 1994
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Abbreviation of Association de Visiteurs Francophones de Prison de Belgique · Mons · since 2010
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Liège · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Accueil et Vie · Algemeen welzijnswerk met huisvesting · Saint-Ghislain · since 1978
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Bosbouw en bosbouwactiviteiten · Chaudfontaine · since 1986
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Abbreviation of ACOUSTIC and VIBRATION ENGINEERING · ARGELES-SUR-MER · since 1987
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Abbreviation of Aikido Vlaanderen · Mechelen · since 1990
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Abbreviation of ARTIST VALLEY · Business and other management consultancy · Ukkel · since 2001
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Abbreviation of AGRI-VER · Office administrative and support services · Wingene · since 2002
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Abbreviation of Aromatisez-vous · Verenigingen op het vlak van milieu en mobiliteit · Binche · since 2014
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Manufacture of outerwear · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Added Value · Performing arts by independent artists · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Avoriks · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Agents and managers of artists, athletes and other public figures · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Artistiquement Vôtre · Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Mouscron · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Acus Vacuum · Performing arts by independent artists · Tournai · since 2023
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Launderettes and laundries for private customers · Opwijk · since 2004
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Abbreviation of ALPHA VERTICALS · Huy · since 2005
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Abbreviation of AV LEX · Activities of lawyers · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Maasmechelen · since 2024
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Bree · since 2024
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Lokeren · since 2025
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since 2023