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.
“BFVet”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Veterinary services · Jemeppe-sur-Sambre · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of HEB · Full-service restaurants · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2015
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Abbreviation of European Forum of Technical and Vocational Education and Training · Activities of professional membership organisations · Elsene · since 2015
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Veterinary services · Mesen · since 2020
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Veterinary services · Wanze · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Wanze · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of BMVET SRL · Veterinary services · Ouffet · since 2006
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Veterinary services · Jemeppe-sur-Sambre · since 2023
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Veterinary services · Rixensart · since 2025
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Veterinary services · Grâce-Hollogne · since 2025
Names that resemble it 5 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of BELGISCHE FRUITVEILING · Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 1990
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Insulation installation · since 1997
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Yvoir · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Buckfast Vlaanderen · Other membership organisations · Oostende · since 2021
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Abbreviation of BELLIFONTVINS · Tintigny · since 2010