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.
“AVGS”
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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Floor and wall tiling · Oud-Heverlee · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of ViZo Immo · Real estate agency activities · Soumagne · since 2005
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Algemene Verzekeringsgroep · Antwerpen · since 1980
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Abbreviation of Antwerpse Vereniging voor Gelaryngectomeerden VZW · Wommelgem · since 1985
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Mechelen · since 1990
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Abbreviation of Archief- en Onderzoekscentrum voor Vrouwengeschiedenis · Activiteiten van archieven · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1995
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Jurbise · since 1996
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Plastering work · Aubange · since 2021
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Abbreviation of A VOTRE GOUT · Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · Grez-Doiceau · since 2012
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Abbreviation of ADVOCATENKANTOOR VINCENT GEERAERT · Activities of lawyers · Hasselt · since 2006
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Computer programming · Gent · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Neupré · since 2016
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2024
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Activities of lawyers · Elsene · since 2024
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Advertising agencies · Anzegem · since 2019