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.
“BVC-SHIPPING”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Freight transport by road · Nieuwpoort · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2019
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Andere afvalverwijdering · Antwerpen · since 1985
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Inland freight water transport · Schilde · since 2016
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2021
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Inland freight water transport · Antwerpen · since 2007
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Inland freight water transport · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2017
Names that resemble it 28 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Logistics services · Brecht · since 2020
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Inland freight water transport · Evergem · since 2025
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Goederenvervoer over zee- en kustwateren · Brugge · since 1999
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2008
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Verhuur en lease van transportmiddelen voor vervoer over water · Antwerpen · since 2011
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Diensten in verband met vervoer over water · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 1988
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Inland freight water transport · since 2022
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Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · Brecht · since 2018
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Diensten in verband met vervoer over water · Maaseik · since 2021
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Inland freight water transport · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Inland freight water transport · Kapellen · since 2007
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2024
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Diensten in verband met vervoer over water · since 2025
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Goederenvervoer over zee- en kustwateren · Wuustwezel · since 2026
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Logistics services · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Overige vrachtbehandeling, exclusief in zeehavens · Antwerpen · since 1975
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Diensten in verband met vervoer over water · Dendermonde · since 1976
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Name of an establishment of COLLEN ENGINEERING · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Gent · since 1985
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2018
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Inland freight water transport · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Logistics services · Brugge · since 2016
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Schoten · since 2023
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Verhuur en lease van transportmiddelen voor vervoer over water · Ranst · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of Antwerp Ghent Zeebruges Port Services · Logistics services · Antwerpen · since 2005
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Name of an establishment of MAG SHIPPING BVBA · Logistics services · Antwerpen · since 2005
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Trade name of KAAI WOESTIJNE · Inland freight water transport · Eeklo · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2025
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Inland freight water transport · Ranst · since 2026