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.
“JVH”
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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Herenthout · since 1980
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Abbreviation of VAN HOOF · Removal services · Antwerpen · since 1989
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Koekelberg · since 1992
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General electrical installation work · Malle · since 1994
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Business and other management consultancy · Aalst · since 2013
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Sports and recreation education · since 2017
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Detailhandel in verf en verfwaren · Stabroek · since 2018
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Public relations and communication consultancy · La Hulpe · since 2018
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Bricklaying and masonry work · Hechtel-Eksel · since 2020
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2022
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Support activities for crop production · Oud-Turnhout · since 2009
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Real estate agency activities · Duffel · since 2025
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Landscape service activities · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Laakdal · since 2024
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2020
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News agency activities · since 2009
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Plumbing work · Lint · since 2024
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Fitness centres · Izegem · since 2017
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Vervaardiging van overige producten van metaal, n.e.g. · Ukkel · since 2024
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Aartselaar · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Jeunesse Voyage · Elsene · since 1961
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Abbreviation of Judo Vlaanderen · Football clubs · Erpe-Mere · since 1981
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Abbreviation of JAN VERHEYEN · Support activities for crop production · Ravels · since 1985
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Abbreviation of Jeunesse et Vie · Youth work associations · Charleroi · since 1984
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Abbreviation of ENTREPRISES WARZEE · Landscape service activities · Perwez · since 1989
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Abbreviation of Jong-Vriendenkring van het Koninklijk Atheneum Brugge Centrum · Brugge · since 1989
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Name of an establishment of Jean VERBOIS · Risk and damage evaluation · Namur · since 1990
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Advertising agencies · Sint-Lievens-Houtem · since 1991
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Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2016
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Plumbing work · since 2019
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Activities of holding companies · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Jumping Vivat · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Evere · since 2020
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General electrical installation work · since 2006
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Abbreviation of JACQUES VERHAEGEN · Activities of lawyers · Ukkel · since 2023
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Landscape service activities · since 2024
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Cafés and bars · Anderlues · since 2020