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.
“BERIVAN”
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
17 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Elsene · since 1992
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2019
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · Ingelmunster · since 1977
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Oostende · since 1989
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Boutersem · since 2010
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Other specialised construction activities · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2023
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since 2025
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Herent · since 2016
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Vervaardiging van spellen en speelgoed · since 2013
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General medical practice · Oostende · since 2023
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Tienen · since 2010
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Activities of holding companies · Ingelmunster · since 2003
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2026
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Activities of lawyers · since 2024
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Psychology services · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · since 2025
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Lontzen · since 2012
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Dilbeek · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Bureau d'Etude et Réalisations Industrielles · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 1968
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Le Kremlin-Bicêtre · since 1983
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Abbreviation of BUREAU D'EXPERTISE RIGAUX · Land surveying · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2007
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Specialist medical practice · since 1983
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since 2012
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Retail sale of other household articles · Kortrijk · since 1986
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Development of residential building projects · Aarschot · since 1998
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since 1996
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Development of residential building projects · Harelbeke · since 2023
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Raising of other cattle and buffaloes · since 2010
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2025
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Site preparation · since 2025
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Manufacture of outerwear · Braine-l'Alleud · since 1969
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Verhuur en exploitatie van terreinen · Antwerpen · since 1974
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Anderlecht · since 1980
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Jabbeke · since 1986
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Brussel · since 1990
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Ronse · since 1997
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 1999
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Activities of holding companies · Kortrijk · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · Schaarbeek · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Aalst · since 2004
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Activities of lawyers · Deinze · since 2025