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.
“Pro-V Tec”
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
16 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vervaardiging van schakel- en verdeelinrichtingen · Wetteren · since 1975
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Vervaardiging van ijzer en staal en van ferrolegeringen · Pelt · since 1986
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Activities of other sports clubs · Deinze · since 2002
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Activities of holding companies · Geraardsbergen · since 2017
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Forging of metal · since 2014
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Aiseau-Presles · since 1990
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General electrical installation work · since 2017
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Abbreviation of PROMOTION CONSTRUCTION ET TECHNIQUES · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Mons · since 1991
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Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · Rijkevorsel · since 2002
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Hasselt · since 1976
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Abbreviation of Samen proeven · Business and other management consultancy · Kasterlee · since 2003
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Name of an establishment · Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Putte · since 1988
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Schoten · since 1989
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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2020
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Moorslede · since 2025
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Etterbeek · since 1975
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other specialised construction activities · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1994
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 1999
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Groothandel in werkkleding · Chièvres · since 1999
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Assesse · since 2015
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Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · Heuvelland · since 2008
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Beringen · since 2011
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Insulation installation · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2006
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Metz · since 1986
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Business and other management consultancy · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Professional Belgium Technology · Vervaardiging van andere machines voor specifieke doeleinden n.e.g. · Florenville · since 2018
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2018