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.
“BVS Mail”
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
18 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Advertising agencies · Sint-Truiden · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Bond van Vlaamse Stedebouwkundigen · Antwerpen · since 1966
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Beauvechain · since 1990
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Abbreviation of Zakenkantoor Baert & Lenaerts · Insurance agents and brokers · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 1990
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Abbreviation of Belgische Vereniging van Stedebouwkundigen · Gent · since 1993
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Business and other management consultancy · Dessel · since 1995
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Abbreviation of BREUGELMANS VERWARMING & SANITAIR · Plumbing work · Kapelle-op-den-Bos · since 2015
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Heusden-Zolder · since 2017
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2021
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · since 2021
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Vervaardiging van artikelen van beton voor de bouw · since 2022
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Plumbing work · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Beverse Sportvrienden · Cafés and bars · Roeselare · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of Beroepsvereniging van de Vastgoedsector · Public relations and communication consultancy · Brussel · since 1956
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · since 2025
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Damme · since 1997
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Brugge · since 2020
Names that resemble it 2 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Kortrijk · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Belgische Vereniging tot Studie, Beproeving en Gebruik der Materialen - Association belge pour l'Etude, l'Essai et l'Emploi des Matériaux · Brussel · since 1949