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.
“VABA”
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Brugge · since 2014
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of VERENIGING ASBESTVERWIJDERENDE BEDRIJVEN · Antwerpen · since 1988
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Service activities incidental to land transportation · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1988
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Verenigingen en bewegingen voor volwassenen · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2019
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Retail sale of lighting equipment · since 1994
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2007
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Fitness centres · Geel · since 2025
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Zwolle · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Lint · since 2016
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Dental practice · Leuven · since 2020
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Vereniging Antwerpse Basketbal Trainers · Aartselaar · since 1983
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Vervaardiging van metalen deuren en vensters · Begijnendijk · since 1986
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 1987
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Hooglede · since 1998
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Other specialised construction activities · Geel · since 2013
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Vervaardiging van andere producten van kunststof · Zottegem · since 2015
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General construction of residential buildings · Assenede · since 2019
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Vermogensbeheer · Schilde · since 2008
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Vermogensbeheer · Roeselare · since 2019
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Wholesale of other household goods
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Activities of holding companies · Middelkerke · since 2011
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Abbreviation of VOYAGE AFRIQUE BÉNIN BELGIQUE · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2024