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Name check

Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“LBV Fest”

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

12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • LBV Fest same name
    Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Les Bons Villers · since 2023
  • L.B.V. very similar
    Abbreviation of Limburgse Ballon Vereniging · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 1987
  • L.B.V. very similar
    Abbreviation of Limburgse Bergsportvereniging · Hasselt · since 1990
  • LBV very similar
    Abbreviation of Land Bank Vooruitzicht · Antwerpen · since 1995
  • L.B.V. very similar
    Abbreviation of LENAERTS-BLOMMAERT-VERHUUR · Verhuur en lease van machines en installaties voor de bouwnijverheid en de weg- en waterbouw · Temse · since 2014
  • L.B.V. very similar
    Abbreviation of LA BELLE VERTE · Other education · Genappe · since 2008
  • LBV very similar
    Full-service restaurants · Genappe · since 2025
  • FEST very similar
    Abbreviation of Compagnie FEST · Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Antwerpen · since 2013
  • FEST very similar
    Abbreviation of The European Federation of the Sanitary and Heating Wholesale Trade · Other membership organisations · Brussel · since 2016
  • Fest very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2022
  • FEST very similar
    Abbreviation of FEDERATION FOR EUROPEAN STORYTELLING · Other membership organisations · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2012
  • Fest (sole trader) very similar
    Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 2026
Names that resemble it 1 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · since 2022

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