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.
“VANIM”
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
16 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of lawyers · Roeselare · since 2005
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Gent · since 1989
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Name of an establishment of H. DE JONGHE · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Antwerpen · since 1988
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Performing arts by independent artists · Ardooie · since 2001
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Veurne · since 2002
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Afvalwaterafvoer · Roosdaal · since 2018
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Other retail sale of food · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2021
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Schilde · since 1997
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Name of an establishment of UITGEVERIJ VAN IN · Book publishing · Wommelgem · since 1999
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Forging of metal · since 2021
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Chapelle-lez-Herlaimont · since 2010
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · Braine-le-Château · since 1992
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Abbreviation of VAN DOORNE IMMOBILIEN · Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Schilde · since 1993
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Abbreviation of Vanderleenden Trading And Industry Management · Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Knokke-Heist · since 1999
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Antwerpen · since 2014
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Hasselt · since 2018
Names that resemble it 43 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Sint-Lievens-Houtem · since 1951
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Meise · since 1981
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Anzegem · since 1984
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1987
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Other tax advisory services · Heers · since 1990
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Production of cinema films · Dilbeek · since 1990
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Real estate agency activities · Soignies · since 1993
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Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · Malle · since 2003
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Real estate agency activities · Grimbergen · since 2020
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Gouvy · since 2024
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Veterinary services · since 2003
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · since 2007
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Real estate agency activities · Tournai · since 1992
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 1996
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 1994
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Abbreviation of Vereniging der Afgestudeerden van het Normaalinstituut voor Technisch Onderwijs · Anderlecht · since 1972
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Activities of holding companies · Knokke-Heist · since 1996
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Abbreviation of VAN NIEUWENHUYSE BOUW · General construction of residential buildings · Gent · since 1996
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Vorst · since 2000
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Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 2013
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1993
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Brussel · since 2016
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2016
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2020
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Liège · since 2017
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Groothandel in overig textiel · Villers-la-Ville · since 2018
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Hairdressing and barber services · Perwez · since 2019
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Vermogensbeheer · Veurne · since 2019
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Manufacture of outerwear · since 2023
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Tattoo and piercing services · since 2011
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Full-service restaurants · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Jemeppe-sur-Sambre · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Leuven · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · Bredene · since 2025
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Gent · since 1989
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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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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · since 2022
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Activities of lawyers · since 1995
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2025
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Haaltert · since 1980
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Kuurne · since 2010