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.
“LAVO”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 1990
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Abbreviation of Limburgse Academy voor Opleiding · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Diepenbeek · since 2023
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Activities of bailiffs · Maaseik · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of MASTER PROJECT · Buying and selling of own real estate · Waterloo · since 2002
Names that resemble it 56 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Joinery installation · Ronse · since 2021
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General medical practice · Vosselaar · since 2024
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Computer programming · since 2026
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General construction of residential buildings · Seraing · since 1982
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Maasmechelen · since 1987
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Kontich · since 2014
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of STUDIO BARBER JACK · Hairdressing and barber services · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2019
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Employment placement agencies · Boortmeerbeek · since 2020
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Beschutte en sociale werkplaatsen · Oostende · since 2020
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Other building finishing work · Bonheiden · since 2022
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Other specialised design activities · since 2023
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Aalter · since 2011
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Mixed farming · since 2004
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Abbreviation of L'Arbre Violet · Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2024
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Activities of lawyers · Kortrijk · since 2025
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Oupeye · since 1968
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Detailhandel in kledingstoffen · Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes · since 1986
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Name of an establishment of VANVOLSEM FLORENT · Activiteiten van industriële wasserijen · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1987
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Name of an establishment of CH-LAVOLUX · Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · Charleroi · since 1997
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Vorst · since 2001
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Activities of head offices · Brugge · since 2014
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 1984
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Abbreviation of Collectif La Volte · Other education · Grâce-Hollogne · since 2017
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Full-service restaurants · since 2009
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Activities of holding companies · Tielt-Winge · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Destelbergen · since 2011
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Hannut · since 2004
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Antwerpen · since 2006
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Employment placement agencies · Leuven · since 2023
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Cafés and bars · since 2026
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Abbreviation of LIGA AMATEURVOETBAL ANTWERPEN · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Wommelgem · since 1970
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Vervaardiging van gebreide en gehaakte stoffen · Wielsbeke · since 1979
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Name of an establishment · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Roeselare · since 1986
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Brugge · since 1991
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Abbreviation of LOGISTIEKE EN ADMINISTRATIEVE VEILINGSASSOCIATIE · Wholesale of fruit and vegetables, excluding potatoes · Leuven · since 1998
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Antwerpen · since 2001
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Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 2017
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Waregem · since 2004
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Vermogensbeheer · Torhout · since 2006
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Activities of holding companies · Lievegem · since 2020
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Other education · since 2020
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Nursing and midwifery · Ternat · since 2021
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Office administrative and support services · Menen · since 2021
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Gent · since 2022
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Funeral services · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of Domus Vastgoed · Development of residential building projects · Beringen · since 2009
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Abbreviation of LA VIEILLE ECOLE · Etalle · since 2009
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Abbreviation of Limburgse Activiteiten Voor Alleenstaanden · Hasselt · since 2004
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2013
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Plastering work · Antwerpen · since 2007
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Activities of head offices · Roosdaal · since 2007
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Other business support services · Sint-Niklaas · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of OZMET GROEP · Full-service restaurants · Sint-Niklaas · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of CLARNA · Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 1980
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Name of an establishment of AREGAK · Launderettes and laundries for private customers · Liège · since 2021