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.
“VALE”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Full-service restaurants · Aalst · since 2015
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Funeral services · Hannut · since 2019
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Vermogensbeheer · Hasselt · since 2020
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Brecht · since 2023
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2023
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Anzegem · since 1968
Names that resemble it 50 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of Compass Group Belgium · Contract catering and other food service activities · Machelen (Brab.) · since 1971
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Anderlecht · since 1990
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Knokke-Heist · since 1992
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Mons · since 1994
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Development of residential building projects · Hasselt · since 2016
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2018
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General construction of residential buildings · Elsene · since 2021
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Activities of lawyers · Mol · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of VALEM STUDIO · Computer programming · Chaudfontaine · since 2023
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Abbreviation of VALEO Management · Business and other management consultancy · Sprimont · since 2023
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Activities of building architects · Herk-de-Stad · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of VLT Group · Joinery installation · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2011
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of Arne Schonkeren · Physiotherapy · Oostende · since 2024
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Other building finishing work · Kontich · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Kruisem · since 2025
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Freight transport by road · Herzele · since 2025
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Mixed farming · Florennes · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Verbond van Autorijschoollesgevers · Kortrijk · since 1971
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General construction of residential buildings · Oudergem · since 1983
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Name of an establishment · General construction of residential buildings · Ninove · since 1986
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Amel · since 1987
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Other specialised construction activities · Ninove · since 1996
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Name of an establishment of PICABO · Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 1997
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Anderlecht · since 1999
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · since 1995
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Real estate appraisal on a fee or contract basis · since 2022
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Zonnebeke · since 2016
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Destelbergen · since 2016
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General cleaning of buildings · since 2017
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General electrical installation work · Wavre · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2020
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2020
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Izegem · since 2021
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Freight transport by road · Opwijk · since 2022
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Harelbeke · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of BW FUNERAL · Funeral services · Waterloo · since 2022
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2022
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Office administrative and support services · Staden · since 2022
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Physiotherapy · since 2023
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Beersel · since 2009
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Other business support services · Overijse · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of V.A.L. · Vervaardiging van kleding van leer en van bont · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2006
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Sint-Truiden · since 2006
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Activities of interior architects · Vorst · since 2024
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · since 2018
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Liège · since 2023
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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
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2007