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.
“VAG”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of Vrije Academie Gent · Cafés and bars · Gent · since 1982
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Turnhout · since 1984
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Abbreviation of Vereniging van Aanvullende Gezondheidszorgen · Kortrijk · since 1993
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Abbreviation of Verenigde Apothekers Genk · Activities of head offices · Genk · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Vereniging voor Adoptiekind en Gezin · Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Antwerpen · since 1987
Names that resemble it 28 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Vereniging der Antwerpse Groothandelaars in Autobenodigheden · Antwerpen · since 1958
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Antwerpen · since 1969
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Abbreviation of VLAAMSE VERENIGING VAN ARTSEN WERKZAAM IN DE GEHANDICAPTENZORG · Huldenberg · since 1986
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Abbreviation of Vereniging voor Aangeboren Gelaatsafwijkingen · Antwerpen · since 1992
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Leopoldsburg · since 1998
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Abbreviation of VERENIGING VAN DE ATATURKGEDACHTE IN ANTWERPEN · Antwerpen · since 1999
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Diensten in verband met de luchtvaart · since 1996
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Abbreviation of Vaste Grond · Activities of religious organisations · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2014
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Gent · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of VAGO INFRA · Site preparation · Opwijk · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Namur · since 2022
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Development of residential building projects · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Vereniging der Aangenomen Grossisten in Auto-Onderdelen van Vlaanderen · Gent · since 1959
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Abbreviation of VERENIGING VOOR AMBULANTE GEESTELIJKE GEZONDHEIDSZORG ANTWERPEN · Psychology services · Antwerpen · since 2000
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Site preparation · Mouscron · since 2013
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Kinrooi · since 2017
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Vermogensbeheer · Antwerpen · since 2003
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Abbreviation of VAG East Belgium · Pepinster · since 2009
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Abbreviation of VOLLEY ANTWERPEN · Zandhoven · since 1988
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Abbreviation of Vie Active · Ciney · since 2013
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Algemeen welzijnswerk zonder huisvesting · Dinant · since 2015
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Activities of lawyers · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2019
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Villa Anamma · Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2020
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Vibr'Arte · Wavre · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Viktory Aalst · Roosdaal · since 2026