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.
“VARDA”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Mixed farming · Ingelmunster · since 1996
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General electrical installation work · Antwerpen · since 2002
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Full-service restaurants · Aartselaar · since 2016
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Name of EGEN R · Real estate agency activities · Brugge · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2023
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2017
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Temse · since 2022
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Groothandel in uurwerken en sieraden · Verviers · since 2022
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Oostende · since 1968
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Mixed farming · Lichtervelde · since 1998
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Vosselaar · since 2024
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Abbreviation of VLAAMSE AUDIOVISUELE REGIE · Advertising agencies · Zaventem · since 1990
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Abbreviation of GROUPE VICTOAR · Other tax advisory services · Chaudfontaine · since 2002
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since 2015
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Pig breeding farms · Tielt · since 2007
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Other information service activities · since 2021
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Vervaardiging van frisdranken en water in flessen · since 2026
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Kalmthout · since 1985
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Antwerpen · since 2013
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Schoten · since 2014
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Gent · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of A&D Works · Business and other management consultancy · Wielsbeke · since 2021
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Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · since 2021
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Removal services · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2023
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Households as employers of domestic personnel · since 2013