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.
“VAHO”
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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Business and other management consultancy · Essen · since 2015
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · since 2022
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Wingene · since 2025
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Wingene · since 2025
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Name of an establishment · Business and other management consultancy · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2012
Names that resemble it 29 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of HANNIC VHD · Activities of holding companies · Lievegem · since 1992
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Lievegem · since 2016
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2019
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Veterinary services · Niel · since 2021
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Merksplas · since 2008
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Roosdaal · since 2024
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Cafés and bars · Antoing · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Harelbeke · since 2026
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Joinery installation · Lokeren · since 2002
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Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1971
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Anderlecht · since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · Mechelen · since 2016
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Hairdressing and barber services · Gent · since 2023
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Bertem · since 2024
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Lokeren · since 2024
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Samenstellen en uitzenden van televisieprogramma’s en distributie van video’s · since 2013
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Activities of holding companies · Staden · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Lubbeek · since 2001
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Joinery installation · Oosterzele · since 2002
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Sint-Laureins · since 2002
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Kaprijke · since 2002
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Herentals · since 2015
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Wholesale of timber · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2018
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Geel · since 2018
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Pluimveehouderijen, muv kippenkwekerijen · Wingene · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Maldegem · since 2021
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Groothandel in zuivelproducten en eieren · Wingene · since 2022
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Name of an establishment · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Kortrijk · since 2011