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.
“UNIVEX”
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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Inland freight water transport · Brecht · since 2025
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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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Ridderkerk · since 2011
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Veterinary services · Waterloo · since 2011
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Activities of holding companies · Destelbergen · since 2007
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Activities of head offices · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Union des Brasseries Belges d'Exportation · Brussel · since 1948
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Vervaardiging van niet-verspanende machines voor de metaalbewerking en van gereedschapswerktuigen voor metaalbewerking · Hasselt · since 1975
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes)
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2017
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Activities of bailiffs · Mons · since 2017
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Vilvoorde · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of Universal Import Export · Non-specialised wholesale trade · Brussel · since 1947
Names that resemble it 41 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other printing · Merelbeke-Melle · since 1961
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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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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Theux · since 1976
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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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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Elsene · since 1988
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Nivelles · since 2000
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WAARDENBURG · since 2006
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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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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · since 2019
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General construction of residential buildings · Beerse · since 2020
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Manufacture of outerwear · since 1955
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Other business support services · since 2017
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Ans · since 2026
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Other printing · Wetteren · since 1958
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Wavrin · since 1994
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Antwerpen · since 2013
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Other personal services · since 2019
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2020
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Hairdressing and barber services · Namur · since 2021
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2008
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Detailhandel in sanitaire artikelen en sanitair installatiemateriaal · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Lede · since 2025
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Computer programming · Thuin · since 2026
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Herstal · since 2012
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Full-service restaurants · Genk · since 2013
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Brussel · since 2017
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Other specialised construction activities · Schaarbeek · since 2017
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Baggerwerken · Braine-le-Comte · since 2008
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Edegem · since 2012
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Namur · since 2007
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Wholesale of fruit and vegetables, excluding potatoes · Brussel · since 2024
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Employment placement agencies · Zaventem · since 2026
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Willebroek · since 2020
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Glabbeek · since 2008
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Limbourg · since 1988
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Reparatie en onderhoud van andere civiele transportmiddelen · since 2018
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Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1968
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Retail sale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Antwerpen · since 2006