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.
“TOVANS”
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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Business and other management consultancy · Waregem · since 2018
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Raising of sheep and goats · since 2001
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · Gent · since 2018
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of THE OUTSIDER VLAAMSE ARDENNEN · Activiteiten van reisorganisatoren · Oudenaarde · since 2013
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General construction of residential buildings · Brecht · since 2021
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Other business support services · Grimbergen · since 2022
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Activities of building architects · since 2023
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Antwerpen · since 2007
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Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 2021
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Merchtem · since 2022
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Duffel · since 1978
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Lummen · since 2014
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Activities of holding companies · Wingene · since 2021