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.
“VANCY”
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
27 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · Aalst · since 1998
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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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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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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Herselt · since 2020
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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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Etalle · since 2009
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Oostkamp · since 1995
Names that resemble it 35 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of holding companies · Oud-Turnhout · since 2013
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Detailhandel in lederwaren en reisartikelen · since 2023
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since 1990
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 1987
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2017
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Physiotherapy · since 2023
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Finishing of textiles · since 2019
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 1994
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since 2021
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Activities of lawyers · since 2003
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2007
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since 2008
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since 1998
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since 2013
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2013
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Advertising agencies · since 2018
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since 2014
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since 2015
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Physiotherapy · since 2015
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since 2019
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since 1998
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Retail sale of other sporting goods · since 1995
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Detailhandel in onderkleding, lingerie en strand- en badkleding · since 1986
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Retail sale of pets, pet food and pet supplies · since 1988
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 1985
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Other personal services · since 2021
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2022
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Households as employers of domestic personnel · since 2022
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since 2005
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since 2024
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Bemiddelingsactiviteiten voor de gespecialiseerde detailhandel · since 2026
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General construction of residential buildings · Geraardsbergen · since 2000
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Risk and damage evaluation · Lier · since 2011
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Name of an establishment · Landscape service activities · Haacht · since 2005
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Charleroi · since 2026