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.
“UNIVA”
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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Lede · since 2025
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Wholesale of industrial chemicals · Rotterdam · since 1999
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Glabbeek · since 2008
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Computer programming · Thuin · since 2026
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Soignies · since 2006
Names that resemble it 40 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of BELFIUS BANK · Overige activiteiten van geldscheppende financiële instellingen · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1962
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Other software publishing · Liège · since 2021
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Activities of head offices · Antwerpen · since 2007
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Vocational training · Ukkel · since 2021
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Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · since 2023
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Bewerken en spinnen van textielvezels · Deerlijk · since 1983
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Retail sale of beverages, general range · Willebroek · since 1989
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Veterinary services · Brugge · since 1993
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Cafés and bars · Brussel · since 2014
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Willebroek · since 2020
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Veterinary services · Waterloo · since 2011
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Activities of holding companies · Destelbergen · since 2007
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Inland freight water transport · Brecht · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Vilvoorde · since 2026
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Antwerpen · since 2008
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Drukken van dagbladen · Schoten · since 1985
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Other printing · Merelbeke-Melle · since 1961
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Leuven · since 1945
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Theux · since 1976
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Herve · since 1985
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Name of an establishment of COPPOLA · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Herentals · since 1988
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Elsene · since 1988
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Nivelles · since 2000
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Elsene · since 2014
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Mons · since 2015
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Thimister-Clermont · since 2017
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2000
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Graphic design and visual communication · Gent · since 2019
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · since 2019
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General construction of residential buildings · Beerse · since 2020
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2012
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Manufacture of outerwear · since 1955
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Other business support services · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Zaventem · since 2025
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Ans · since 2026
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Gent · since 2020
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Abbreviation of De Nieuwe Vaart · Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Gent · since 2005
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Abbreviation of BISTROT NIVA · Full-service restaurants · Blégny · since 2026
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Limbourg · since 1988
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Reparatie en onderhoud van andere civiele transportmiddelen · since 2018