Name check

Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“UVA”

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

6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

U.V.A. same name

Abbreviation of UNIE VAN AUTORIJSCHOLEN · Driving schools for cars and motorcycles · Hoogstraten · since 1980
UVA same name

Retail sale of wines and spirits · Zandhoven · since 2015
UVA same name

General electrical installation work · Herentals · since 2018
UVA MIRA very similar

Activities of lawyers · Mortsel · since 2021
UVA Elec (sole trader) very similar

Electrical installation work in industrial facilities · since 2025
Uva, Lucas (sole trader) very similar

Landscape service activities · since 2024

Names that resemble it 8 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.

U.V.V.A similar

Abbreviation of Ambulanciersunie · Ichtegem · since 2014
Uvas similar

Cafés and bars · Nijlen · since 2020
UVACO similar

Activities of holding companies · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2004
UVARI (sole trader) similar

Intermediation services for non-specialised retail · since 2026
UV similar

Abbreviation of ULTRAVIOLET · Cafés and bars · Brussel · since 2019
UV similar

Abbreviation of Urban Vibes · Turnhout · since 2022
U.V.A. - F.V.A. similarin bankruptcy or liquidation

Abbreviation of Union vélocipédique anderlechtoise - Fietsersvereniging Anderlecht · Anderlecht · since 1979
UVALA similarin bankruptcy or liquidation

Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 2018

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