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.
“Groep VDS”
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
15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Hasselt · since 2020
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Anzegem · since 2011
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Site preparation · Essen · since 2016
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Insurance agents and brokers · Leuven · since 2016
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Veurne · since 2018
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Activities of holding companies · Rumst · since 2021
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Kortrijk · since 2009
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Oosterzele · since 2007
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Blankenberge · since 2024
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Insurance agents and brokers · Edegem · since 2025
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Antwerpen · since 1983
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Office administrative and support services · Wichelen · since 2014
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Groothandel in metalen en metaalertsen · Roeselare · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Linter · since 2008
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Detailhandel in ijzerwaren en gereedschappen · Brecht · since 2012
Names that resemble it 43 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Groothandel in sport- en kampeerartikelen, met uitzondering van fietsen · Leopoldsburg · since 1992
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Business and other management consultancy · Ieper · since 1998
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Joinery installation · Evergem · since 2016
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2017
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Activities of building architects · Lille · since 2017
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Activities of holding companies · Beersel · since 2017
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Nursing and midwifery · Brugge · since 2024
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General construction of other non-residential buildings · Harelbeke · since 2026
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · Aarschot · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1995
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Site preparation · Lennik · since 2014
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Aalter · since 2016
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Forging of metal · Schilde · since 2021
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Insurance agents and brokers · Wijnegem · since 2021
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Diksmuide · since 2022
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2023
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Vervaardiging van tabaksproducten · Zwevegem · since 2024
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Oostende · since 2014
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Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Lendelede · since 2015
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Brugge · since 2023
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Insurance agents and brokers · Kampenhout · since 2023
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Retail sale of electrical household appliances · Lier · since 2009
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Other specialised construction activities · Poperinge · since 2011
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Removal services · Knokke-Heist · since 2025
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Hasselt · since 1978
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Activiteiten van reisorganisatoren · Mol · since 1984
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Real estate agency activities · Middelkerke · since 1989
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Abbreviation of GROEP BOSSUYT · Real estate agency activities · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 1990
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Name of an establishment · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Geel · since 1991
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Brasschaat · since 1991
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Name of an establishment · Groothandel in kantoor- en schoolbenodigdheden · Gistel · since 1993
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2000
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Name of an establishment of ARCHITECTEN GROEP III · Activities of building architects · Brugge · since 2013
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Insurance agents and brokers · Nijlen · since 2013
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Wemmel · since 2014
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Activities of holding companies · Zuienkerke · since 2017
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Activities of interior architects · Halen · since 2017
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Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · Sint-Truiden · since 2018
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Beveiligingsactiviteiten, n.e.g. · Lokeren · since 2020
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Joinery installation · Meise · since 2011
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Name of an establishment · Development of residential building projects · Maaseik · since 2007
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 2008
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Gent · since 1978