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.
“B.V.S.”
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
18 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of Bond van Vlaamse Stedebouwkundigen · Antwerpen · since 1966
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Beauvechain · since 1990
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Abbreviation of Zakenkantoor Baert & Lenaerts · Insurance agents and brokers · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 1990
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Abbreviation of Belgische Vereniging van Stedebouwkundigen · Gent · since 1993
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Business and other management consultancy · Dessel · since 1995
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Abbreviation of BREUGELMANS VERWARMING & SANITAIR · Plumbing work · Kapelle-op-den-Bos · since 2015
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Heusden-Zolder · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Beachvolley Support vzw · Sports and recreation education · Maaseik · since 2018
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2021
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · since 2021
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Vervaardiging van artikelen van beton voor de bouw · since 2022
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Plumbing work · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Beverse Sportvrienden · Cafés and bars · Roeselare · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of Beroepsvereniging van de Vastgoedsector · Public relations and communication consultancy · Brussel · since 1956
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · since 2025
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Brugge · since 2020
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Advertising agencies · Sint-Truiden · since 2025
Names that resemble it 26 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Beweging voor de Verenigde Staten van Europa · Antwerpen · since 1962
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Wijnegem · since 1998
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Abbreviation of Belgische Vereniging Verpleegkundig Specialisten · Gent · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Broederschap van Voormalige Seminaristen Van Kinshasa · Aalst · since 2020
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Other business support services · since 2023
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Abbreviation of BELGISCHE VERENIGING VOOR DE STUDIE VAN OBESITAS · Jette · since 2009
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Abbreviation of BELLE VUE SPORTIF ET CULTURE · Seraing · since 2006
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Wevelgem · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Beach Volley Sport Chaudfontaine Liège · Chaudfontaine · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of Van Herk · Vervaardiging van andere tanks, reservoirs en bergingsmiddelen, van metaal · Berkel en Rodenrijs · since 1976
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Trade name of MONACO · Cafés and bars · Gent · since 1982
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Trade name of MOYO · Other business support services · Asse · since 2016
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Trade name of ELVA HOLDING · Other business support services · Oostende · since 2020
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Abbreviation of ISSARIS ADVOCATEN · Activities of lawyers · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 2020
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Trade name of Hyperion Optix · Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Brakel · since 2020
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Trade name of kids@Fran(&)co · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of LMDH · Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · Knokke-Heist · since 2021
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Trade name of DeBru Tech · Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Diest · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Bieke Verwimp · Nursing and midwifery · Laakdal · since 2009
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Rechtstreekse verzekeringsverrichtingen leven · Lebbeke · since 2009
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Trade name of Little John · Business and other management consultancy · Vorst · since 2011
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Abbreviation of BAMBOU VERT · Etterbeek · since 2004
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Name of an establishment of Pasania · Electrical installation work in industrial facilities · Olen · since 2008
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Trade name of Logolief · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Vinck Algemene Schrijnwerkerij · Joinery installation · Waasmunster · since 2026
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Event catering · Saint-Ghislain · since 1997