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.
“UNIVAN”
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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Glabbeek · since 2008
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Lede · since 2025
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since 2022
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Wholesale of industrial chemicals · Rotterdam · since 1999
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Herve · since 1985
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Gent · since 2020
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Other tax advisory services · Oosterzele · since 1991
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Activities of holding companies · Waasmunster · since 2010
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Abbreviation of Union de la Tannerie et de la Mégisserie Belges · Estaimpuis · since 1961
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Abbreviation of Union Nationale des Entreprises Industrielles Productives de Pantoufles · Elsene · since 1945
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Cafés and bars · Brussel · since 2014
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Translation services · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Groothandel in machines voor de productie van voedings- en genotmiddelen · Brugge · since 2003
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Abbreviation of Unie voor Natuurlijke en Integrale Gezondheid en Welzijn · Oostende · since 2013
Names that resemble it 17 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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Drukken van dagbladen · Schoten · since 1985
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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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Computer programming · Thuin · since 2026
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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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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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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 2026
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since 2025