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.
“VAART”
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
17 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Diest · since 2017
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Activities of holding companies · Mechelen · since 2022
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Vervaardiging van metalen deuren en vensters · Charleroi · since 2000
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Other information technology and computer services · Leuven · since 2013
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Arnhem · since 2014
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Leuven · since 2021
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Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · Stabroek · since 2024
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Retail sale of souvenirs and religious articles · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of VOKA-KAMER VAN KOOPHANDEL OOST-VLAANDEREN · Activities of business and employers' organisations · Gent · since 1937
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Full-service restaurants · Wommelgem · since 2014
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Development of residential building projects · Hasselt · since 2013
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Advertising agencies · Oudenaarde · since 2017
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General construction of residential buildings · Turnhout · since 2020
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Real estate appraisal on a fee or contract basis · Schoten · since 2012
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Brecht · since 2003
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Other business support services · Geel · since 2024
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Mol · since 2020
Names that resemble it 32 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of building architects · Gent · since 2024
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Leuven · since 2018
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Psychology services · Leuven · since 1983
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Brasschaat · since 1992
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Development of residential building projects · Antwerpen · since 1992
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Lier · since 1996
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Scheduled passenger transport by road · Willebroek · since 2001
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Steenokkerzeel · since 2022
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Van Aeken Accountancy · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Valeur Ajoutée Aménagement · Activities of interior architects · Linkebeek · since 2019
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Abbreviation of VERENIGING VAN ANGOLEZEN IN ANTWERPEN · Antwerpen · since 2007
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Plumbing work · Deinze · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Leuven · since 2022
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Other business support services · Zulte · since 2011
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Overige accommodatie · Kontich · since 2011
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Brugge · since 2006
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Groothandel in werkkleding · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 1989
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Sawmilling and planing of wood · since 2015
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Vermogensbeheer · Roeselare · since 2020
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General construction of residential buildings · Nandrin · since 2022
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Goederenvervoer over zee- en kustwateren · Gent · since 2022
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Begijnendijk · since 2006
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Graphic design and visual communication · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2025
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Socio-cultural adult education · since 2025
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2026
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Leuven · since 2001
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Productie en distributie van stoom en gekoelde lucht · Turnhout · since 2022
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Activiteiten van wielerclubs · Haacht · since 2023
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Maarkedal · since 1984
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Lokeren · since 2007