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.
“VABIT”
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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Teteringen · since 1978
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Computer programming · Bocholt · since 2019
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Abbreviation of VANDEWALLE BUSINESS & SERVICES · Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Kapellen · since 1991
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Deinze · since 2022
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Real estate agency activities · Antwerpen · since 1991
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Bornem · since 2012
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Computer programming · Rotselaar · since 2016
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Ternat · since 2017
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Computer programming · Pajottegem · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Mol · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Valit Management & Consulting · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Laarne · since 2021
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Computer programming · Kruisem · since 2022
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Computer programming · Hasselt · since 2023
Names that resemble it 8 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 1987
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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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Development of residential building projects · Roeselare · since 2010
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Real estate agency activities · Tournai · since 2024