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.
“VANCLE”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Operation of fairground attractions · As · since 2017
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of VAN KLEEF · Hotels and similar accommodation · Brugge · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Oostkamp · since 2005
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Charleroi · since 2026
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Computer programming · Roeselare · since 1987
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Herselt · since 2020
Names that resemble it 53 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Vervaardiging van machines en apparaten voor klimaatregeling, voor niet-huishoudelijk gebruik · Hasselt · since 1989
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Other education · since 2017
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Activities of holding companies · Oud-Turnhout · since 2013
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2020
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Name of Prime Technics · Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Roeselare · since 1970
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Physiotherapy · Waasmunster · since 1991
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · since 2018
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Specialist medical practice · since 1999
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Sports and recreation education · since 2003
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · Temse · since 2003
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Groothandel in machines, werktuigen en toebehoren voor de landbouw · Menen · since 1985
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Groothandel in ijzer- en staalschroot en in oude non-ferrometalen · Destelbergen · since 1987
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Knokke-Heist · since 1989
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Gent · since 1993
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Office administrative and support services · Kruisem · since 1992
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Other building finishing work · Buggenhout · since 1993
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Vervaardiging van elektromotoren en van elektrische generatoren en transformatoren · Waregem · since 1995
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 1995
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Business and other management consultancy · Schoten · since 1998
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Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · Aalst · since 1998
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Activities of head offices · Roeselare · since 2001
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Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 2003
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Vermogensbeheer · Kortrijk · since 2011
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Vermogensbeheer · Ardooie · since 2018
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 1986
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Ranst · since 2023
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2010
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Activities of holding companies · Izegem · since 2011
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Activities of building architects · since 2007
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SCHIPHOL-RIJK · since 1994
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Ecaussinnes · since 2023
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Electrical installation work in industrial facilities · Menen · since 2025
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Sports and recreation education · Lebbeke · since 2026
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2006
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since 1993
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2010
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since 2009
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2011
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Roofing work · since 2019
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2025
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since 2026
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General construction of residential buildings · Knokke-Heist · since 1995
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Activities of building architects · Lochristi · since 2023
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Drogenbos · since 2026
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Retail sale of beverages, general range · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Wielsbeke · since 2008
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Specialist medical practice · since 1990
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since 1988
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Growing of pome and stone fruits · since 2011
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Other business support services · Izegem · since 2024
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Oostkamp · since 1995
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 2012