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.
“VANAD”
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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Physiotherapy · Genk · since 2023
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Meise · since 2024
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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 1946
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Brecht · since 1985
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Other business support services · Zulte · since 1991
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Braine-le-Château · since 2016
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Joinery installation · Oostkamp · since 2005
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Activities of holding companies · Brussel · since 2020
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Activities of lawyers · Kortrijk · since 2025
Names that resemble it 44 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2025
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Gent · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2020
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General construction of residential buildings · Willebroek · since 2025
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Joinery installation · Roeselare · since 1996
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Tielt · since 1983
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Waterloo · since 1988
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Schaarbeek · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of VIRTUALISERS of VANAGT CONSULTING · Computer programming · Brussel · since 2002
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Full-service restaurants · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2002
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Name of an establishment of SI-Spine · Business and other management consultancy · Wemmel · since 2013
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Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2015
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Full-service restaurants · Nieuwpoort · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Waregem · since 2016
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Activities of head offices · Ieper · since 2019
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Other business support services · Balen · since 2022
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Hoeilaart · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Deinze · since 2011
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Full-service restaurants · Lebbeke · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Beerse · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Vereniging voor Alcohol- en andere Drugproblemen · Other social work without accommodation · Schaarbeek · since 1982
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Gent · since 1989
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Antwerpen · since 1993
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Elsene · since 1998
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Anderlecht · since 2003
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2020
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Groothandel in machines en apparaten voor de warmte-, koel- en vriestechniek voor industrieel gebruik · Brecht · since 1992
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Wholesale of fruit and vegetables, excluding potatoes · Merchtem · since 1992
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Name of an establishment of VENACAI · Real estate agency activities · La Hulpe · since 1993
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General electrical installation work · Bree · since 2001
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Zoutleeuw · since 2013
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Hoogstraten · since 2007
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Activities of holding companies · Hooglede · since 2020
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Support activities for crop production · Lobbes · since 2021
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Chièvres · since 2022
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2011
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Lasne · since 2004
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Abbreviation of VAN A & J GROUP · Wholesale of beverages, general range · Elsene · since 2004
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Performing arts by independent artists · Gent · since 2006
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Zoersel · since 2008
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Diksmuide · since 2024
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Maaseik · since 2025
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Inland freight water transport · since 2026
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Retail sale of footwear · Binche · since 1986