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.
“VABEN”
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
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Menen · since 2005
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General electrical installation work · Brecht · since 2008
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Vermogensbeheer · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2009
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Insurance agents and brokers · Wevelgem · since 2020
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NEUVILLE EN FERRAIN · since 2009
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Zoersel · since 2003
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Business and other management consultancy · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2024
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Bricklaying and masonry work · since 2026
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Development of residential building projects · Leuven · since 1989
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Abbreviation of Vanhoudt & Beckers · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Tessenderlo · since 2012
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Advertising agencies · Harelbeke · since 2010
Names that resemble it 28 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Vervaardiging van andere producten van kunststof · Zottegem · since 2015
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Activities of holding companies · Middelkerke · since 2011
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Andere afvalverwijdering · Staden · since 1986
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Joinery installation · Dendermonde · since 1997
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Activities of holding companies · Ingelmunster · since 1999
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · since 1988
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Roeselare · since 2019
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Activities of lawyers · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Kasterlee · since 2012
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Full-service restaurants · Dendermonde · since 2008
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Site preparation · Oudsbergen · since 2024
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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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Asse · since 1986
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Brugge · since 1986
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Insurance agents and brokers · Zutendaal · since 1992
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Hulshout · since 1999
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Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · Aalter · since 2003
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Site preparation · Lille · since 2017
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Herent · since 2001
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Business and other management consultancy · Lievegem · since 2006
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Activities of holding companies · Roeselare · since 2007
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Activities of holding companies · Roeselare · since 2007
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Activities of holding companies · Roeselare · since 2007
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2024