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.
“VAL-R”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Brussel · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Vriendenkring der Atletiek in de Leiestreek · Kortrijk · since 1970
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Abbreviation of Verbond van Autorijschoollesgevers · Kortrijk · since 1971
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Name of an establishment of BW FUNERAL · Funeral services · Waterloo · since 2022
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Specialist medical practice · Villers-la-Ville · since 2010
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Vervaardiging van kleding van leer en van bont · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2006
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Activities of interior architects · Vorst · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Vriendenkring van de Gemeentelijke Academie voor Plastische Kunsten Liedekerke · Liedekerke · since 1981
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Forging of metal · since 2017
Names that resemble it 38 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · since 2017
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Employment placement agencies · Anderlecht · since 2000
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Business and other management consultancy · Yvoir · since 2011
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Verhuur en lease van tenten · Maasmechelen · since 2005
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Exploitatie van recreatiedomeinen · Gerpinnes · since 2025
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Sivry-Rance · since 1985
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Abbreviation of Aktiegroep Leefmilieu Kempen · Mol · since 1973
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Abbreviation of VERVANGARBEID VOOR LAND- EN TUINBOUW · Aarschot · since 1986
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Cafés and bars · Kalmthout · since 1990
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Wholesale of live animals · Antwerpen · since 1993
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Abbreviation of Vereniging van Afgestudeerde Leuvense Criminologen · Leuven · since 1996
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Chaudfontaine · since 1999
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Other building finishing work · Vosselaar · since 2014
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Waterloo · since 2013
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Full-service restaurants · Aalst · since 2015
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Activities of company auditors · Namur · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Ellezelles · since 2017
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Torhout · since 2018
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2021
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Funeral services · Hannut · since 2019
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Activities of holding companies · Harelbeke · since 2019
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Vermogensbeheer · Waregem · since 2002
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Business and other management consultancy · Wezembeek-Oppem · since 2019
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Vermogensbeheer · Begijnendijk · since 2013
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Full-service restaurants · Houyet · since 2020
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Vermogensbeheer · Hasselt · since 2020
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Other holiday and short-stay accommodation · since 2022
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Site preparation · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2022
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Brecht · since 2023
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Activities of head offices · Dilbeek · since 2009
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Real estate agency activities · Antwerpen · since 2011
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Abbreviation of VALY CONSULT · Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Stavelot · since 2005
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Business and other management consultancy · Diest · since 2007
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Activities of head offices · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2025
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Freight transport by road · Braives · since 2007
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Anzegem · since 1968
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Ichtegem · since 1990
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Name of an establishment · Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · Oudergem · since 2011