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Compared with the KBO register · free

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“VAF”

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.

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Same or very similar names

5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • V.A.F. same name
    Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Niklaas · since 1999
  • VAF same name
    Abbreviation of VLAAMS AUDIOVISUEEL FONDS · Other membership organisations · Brussel · since 2001
  • V.A.F. same name
    Postdiensten in het kader van de universele dienstverplichting · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2021
  • VAF same name
    Abbreviation of AIKILIBRE · Hamois · since 2006
  • VAF same name
    Full-service restaurants · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2025
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • VAAF similar
    Abbreviation of VIVAAFRICA · Other membership organisations · Affligem · since 2013
  • VAFE similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Morlanwelz · since 2018
  • VAFIN AG similar
    Cham 6330 · since 1992
  • VAFMD similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Welkenraedt · since 2016
  • VAFRA similar
    Activities of holding companies · Brakel · since 2020
  • VA similar
    Abbreviation of VOLLEY ANTWERPEN · Zandhoven · since 1988
  • V.A. similar
    Abbreviation of Vie Active · Ciney · since 2013
  • Va similar
    Algemeen welzijnswerk zonder huisvesting · Dinant · since 2015
  • VA similar
    Activities of lawyers · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2019
  • Sole trader similar
    Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2020
  • V.A. similar
    Abbreviation of Villa Anamma · Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2020
  • Sole trader similar
    Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2023
  • V.A. similar
    Abbreviation of Vibr'Arte · Wavre · since 2024
  • VA similar
    Abbreviation of Viktory Aalst · Roosdaal · since 2026

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

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