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.
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
15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Market research and public opinion polling · Deinze · since 2014
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Specialist medical practice · Brasschaat · since 2019
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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 1946
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Abbreviation of Vandermeersch Management Services · Zemst · since 1990
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Full-service restaurants · Oostende · since 2012
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Haaltert · since 2013
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Vervaardiging van gedistilleerde dranken door distilleren, rectificeren en mengen · since 1996
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Cafés and bars · Schilde · since 2017
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Waterdichtingswerken van muren · Anderlecht · since 2019
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Leuven · since 2019
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General construction of residential buildings · Haaltert · since 2020
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Manufacture of other wood products · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of VAMAS BVBA · Buying and selling of own real estate · Koekelare · since 2010
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General construction of residential buildings · Drogenbos · since 2024
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Activities of holding companies · Waregem · since 2024
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Pig breeding farms · Koekelare · since 1992
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Activities of holding companies · Ternat · since 2003
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Hasselt · since 2004
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Kasterlee · since 1992
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Other business support services · Dentergem · since 1992
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Antwerpen · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Vlaamse Auto Sportfederatie · Roeselare · since 1978
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Abbreviation of VLAAMS ARTSENSYNDICAAT · Antwerpen · since 1981
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Gent · since 1985
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Abbreviation of FRIHOMAT · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 1989
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Lievens-Houtem · since 1999
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Abbreviation of VISUAL ART STUDIO · since 2002
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Bredene · since 2016
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Full-service restaurants · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Vriendenkring van de Academie van Jette · Jette · since 2011
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Abbreviation of AZAOUAN SAHARA · Kortrijk · since 2006
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General construction of residential buildings · Wingene · since 2001
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 1998
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Verwerking en conservering van vis en van schaal- en weekdieren · Zedelgem · since 2012
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Business and other management consultancy · Bertem · since 2009