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.
“VANLEM”
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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Joinery installation · Ledegem · since 2003
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Computer programming · Roeselare · since 1987
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Activities of holding companies · Harelbeke · since 2024
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Kortrijk · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · Lichtervelde · since 2021
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Knokke-Heist · since 1992
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Name of an establishment of VALEM STUDIO · Computer programming · Chaudfontaine · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Wortegem-Petegem · since 2023
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Office administrative and support services · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 2026
Names that resemble it 37 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Market research and public opinion polling · Grimbergen · since 1990
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Wevelgem · since 1991
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Rumst · since 2003
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Full-service restaurants · Libin · since 1998
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Handelsbemiddeling in de groothandel in brandstoffen, ertsen, metalen en chemische producten · Comblain-au-Pont · since 1998
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Risk and damage evaluation · since 1991
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Support activities for crop production · Koekelare · since 2009
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Specialist medical practice · Braine-le-Château · since 2005
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Specialist medical practice · Zelzate · since 2026
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Oudenburg · since 1985
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Aalter · since 2002
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Bouw van plezier- en sportvaartuigen · Roeselare · since 2024
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Inland freight water transport · since 1971
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · Opwijk · since 1999
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · since 2015
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Lens (Hainaut) · since 2016
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Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · since 1989
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2011
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Raising of dairy cattle · Sint-Laureins · since 2011
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Activities of building architects · since 2005
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Wholesale of machine tools · Beaumont · since 2007
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Physiotherapy · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2024
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Landscape service activities · since 2025
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Roofing work · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1986
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Ciney · since 1998
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Business and other management consultancy · Lubbeek · since 1998
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Wingene · since 1999
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General electrical installation work · Brecht · since 2001
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Mechelen · since 2012
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since 1988
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2019
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Plumbing work · Retie · since 2021
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Turnhout · since 2007
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Merchtem · since 2025
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Advertising agencies · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2026
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Gent · since 1988
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Antwerpen · since 1964