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.
“BAVEC”
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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Oudergem · since 1995
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Groothandel in machines voor de productie van voedings- en genotmiddelen · Sint-Lievens-Houtem · since 1957
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Physiotherapy · Brecht · since 2022
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of VRS INVEST A.O. · Joinery installation · Peer · since 2006
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Retail sale of pets, pet food and pet supplies · Hamme (Vl.) · since 1991
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Business and other management consultancy · Zaventem · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of HEB · Full-service restaurants · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2015
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Vermogensbeheer · Lanaken · since 2017
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Full-service restaurants · Mol · since 2019
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Activities of building architects · Hove · since 2022
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Veterinary services · Rixensart · since 2025
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2016
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Destelbergen · since 2003
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Computer programming · Diksmuide · since 2018
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Landscape service activities · since 2009
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Veterinary services · Pelt · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Retie · since 2011
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Abbreviation of Brusselse Atletiekvereniging · Elsene · since 1979
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Abbreviation of BRAUNUNGSANLAGEN VERMIETUNGS-GESELLSCHAFT · Essen · since 1984
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Abbreviation of Belgische Asbestverwijdering · Sanering en ander afvalbeheer · Herentals · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of Munteanu · Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Antwerpen · since 2006
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Soumagne · since 2026
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Sint-Niklaas · since 1989
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Business and other management consultancy · Zwevegem · since 1990
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Plastering work · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 1992
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Ternat · since 1996
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Vervaardiging van niet-elektrische huishoudapparaten · since 2014
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General electrical installation work · since 2016
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General electrical installation work · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2017
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Arendonk · since 2007
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Event catering · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Association de l'aviculture, de l'industrie et du commerce de volailles dans les pays de l'union européenne · Pluimveehouderijen, muv kippenkwekerijen · Elsene · since 2005
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Abbreviation of AVEC STUDIO D'ARCHITECTURE · Activities of building architects · Liège · since 2024
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Mortsel · since 2026