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.
“TOV bv”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Brasschaat · since 1997
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Abbreviation of TOV VZW PSYCHOSOCIAAL REVALIDATIECENTRUM · Activiteiten van centra voor geestelijke gezondheidszorg · Roeselare · since 2014
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Amsterdam · since 2012
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Abbreviation of TANK OPSLAG VERBEKE · Warehousing and storage · Hemiksem · since 2007
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Computer programming · Elsene · since 2025
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of holding companies · Hasselt · since 1985
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Abbreviation of THE OUTSIDER VLAAMSE ARDENNEN · Activiteiten van reisorganisatoren · Oudenaarde · since 2013
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Sawmilling and planing of wood · since 2015
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Computer programming · Hasselt · since 2016
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General construction of residential buildings · Brecht · since 2021
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Activities of building architects · since 2023
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Other specialised construction activities · Hulshout · since 2011
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Antwerpen · since 2007
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Joinery installation · Lanaken · since 2024
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Other educational support services · since 2026
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Raising of sheep and goats · since 2001
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Grobbendonk · since 2018
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Manufacture of jewellery · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of SOLID PARTNERS · Other specialised construction activities · Schilde · since 2019
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Hasselt · since 2020
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Lier · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 2021
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Charleroi · since 2022
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Merchtem · since 2022
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Brussel · since 2006
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Business and other management consultancy · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Stabroek · since 2026