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.
“BERVA”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Pig breeding farms · Essen · since 2007
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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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Activities of holding companies · Nieuwpoort · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 2012
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Bonheiden · since 1990
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Pig breeding farms · Kalmthout · since 2023
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Activities of head offices · Brugge · since 2025
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Oostende · since 1998
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2025
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Verhuur en lease van landbouwmachines en -werktuigen · Ravels · since 2000
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Veterinary services · Lummen · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Agra CEAS CONSULTING-Bureau Européen de Recherches · Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1978
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Computer programming · Hoeilaart · since 2020
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Abbreviation of BELGIAN ELECTRONIC RESEARCH · Vervaardiging van elektronische printplaten · Liège · since 2022
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Waasmunster · since 2021
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Sports and recreation education · since 2008
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Other financial services · Berlare · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of ERVA COMPANY · Buying and selling of own real estate · Gent · since 2014
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Overijse · since 2011
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Abbreviation of BOUW EN RENOVATIE · since 2004