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Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“VALNIC”

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

12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • VALNIC same name
    Vermogensbeheer · Frameries · since 2020
  • Valnico very similar
    Dental practice · Heusden-Zolder · since 2025
  • ALNIC very similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Mol · since 2010
  • Sole trader very similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2024
  • Sole trader very similar
    Forging of metal · since 2021
  • Valic very similar
    Activities of holding companies · Westerlo · since 2024
  • Valnuc very similar
    Ukkel · since 2013
  • VALVIC very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Lontzen · since 2017
  • VANNIC very similar
    Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Anzegem · since 2020
  • VARNIC very similar
    Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Koksijde · since 2011
  • Velnic very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2025
  • VAS-NIC very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Repair and maintenance of electrical equipment · Anderlecht · since 2008
Names that resemble it 3 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • VALNITEL similar
    Malle · since 2000
  • valnet similar
    Name of an establishment of DANINICO · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Mons · since 2006
  • AVALNICO similar
    Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · Antwerpen · since 1998

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