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.
“VANKAT”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Leuven · since 1994
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2005
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Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 1998
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Tielt · since 2018
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Ans · since 2019
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Vervaardiging van hoeden en petten · Diksmuide · since 2022
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Plastering work · Oudergem · since 1961
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1975
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General construction of residential buildings · De Panne · since 2021
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Detailhandel in drogisterijartikelen en onderhoudsproducten · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · Wevelgem · since 1984
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Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1995
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Retail sale of beverages, general range · Stabroek · since 2005
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Business and other management consultancy · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2026
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Real estate agency activities · Aartselaar · since 1999
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Ganshoren · since 1988
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · Braine-le-Château · since 1992
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Retail sale of household furniture · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of ORIENTAL SEASONS · Full-service restaurants · Anderlecht · since 2016
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Lommel · since 2004
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since 2020
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since 2017
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1983