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.
“BDVV”
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.
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Wasseiges · since 2016
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of BOUW DAK VOCHT · Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · Gent · since 1964
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Support activities for crop production · La Louvière · since 1983
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Abbreviation of Belgische Demonstreerdersvereniging · Stabroek · since 1996
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Investigation and private security services · Estaimpuis · since 1998
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Computer programming · Poperinge · since 2000
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Abbreviation of Bulles de vie · Evere · since 2017
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Beroepsvereniging van Doodskistenfabrikanten van Groot-Antwerpen · Antwerpen · since 1941
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Abbreviation of Bij' De Vieze Gasten · Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Gent · since 1974
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2024
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Development of residential building projects · Lochristi · since 2010
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Abbreviation of BELGIAN/DUTCH VIRAGO STAR CLUB · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2007
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Abbreviation of BDV Engineering · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Kapelle-op-den-Bos · since 2023