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Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“BBVL”

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

1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.

  • BBVL same name
    Activiteiten van persfotografen · Hemiksem · since 2024
Names that resemble it 26 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • B.B.V. similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Ans · since 1975
  • B.V.L. similar
    Abbreviation of BIBLIOTHEEKVERENIGING LIMBURG · Heusden-Zolder · since 1983
  • BVL. similar
    Abbreviation of Beerse Vol Leven · Beerse · since 1994
  • B.V.L. similar
    Activities of holding companies · Turnhout · since 1998
  • BBV similar
    Abbreviation of BREDENSE BRUINVISSEN · Activiteiten van watersportclubs · Bredene · since 1998
  • BBV similar
    Abbreviation of Bergenboomverzorging · Landscape service activities · Schilde · since 2000
  • BVL similar
    General electrical installation work · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2001
  • Activities of lawyers · since 2010
  • BVL similar
    Demolition · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2014
  • BVL similar
    Abbreviation of Brandweervrienden Lochristi · Lochristi · since 2015
  • BVL similar
    Event catering · Brugge · since 2016
  • BVL similar
    Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Sambreville · since 2019
  • Sawmilling and planing of wood · since 2020
  • B B V similar
    Nursing and midwifery · Westerlo · since 2020
  • BVL similar
    Real estate agency activities · Brugge · since 2023
  • B.B.V similar
    Varkensvetmesterijen · Lierneux · since 2010
  • BVL similar
    Abbreviation of Belgische Vereniging voor Longfibrose · Gent · since 2010
  • Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 2013
  • Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · since 2024
  • BVL similar
    Abbreviation of Beerselse Vrije Lopers · Beersel · since 2024
  • BVL similar
    Abbreviation of Buren Van Ledeberg · Discotheken, dancings en dergelijke · Gent · since 2024
  • Other business support services · since 2025
  • BBVT similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Oud-Turnhout · since 2021
  • BBVN similar
    Abbreviation of Belgische Beroepsvereniging van artsen-specialisten in de Neurologie · Elsene · since 2008
  • BBVM similar
    Activities of holding companies · Lommel · since 2024
  • BVL similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    General electrical installation work · Essen · since 2009

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