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Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“VARLO”

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

4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • VARLO same name
    Varkensvetmesterijen · Hoogstraten · since 2007
  • VARLOR very similar
    Veurne · since 2002
  • Varlog very similar
    Office administrative and support services · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2018
  • VARLA very similar
    Name of an establishment of BUILDING INVESTMENT PROJECTS · Activities of holding companies · Zaventem · since 1988
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2003
  • Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1998
  • since 1988
  • VARLIP similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Chaudfontaine · since 2018
  • VAR similar
    Abbreviation of VLAAMSE AUDIOVISUELE REGIE · Advertising agencies · Zaventem · since 1990
  • V.A.R. similar
    Abbreviation of GROUPE VICTOAR · Other tax advisory services · Chaudfontaine · since 2002
  • VARALLO similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2024
  • ARLO similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Lievegem · since 1976
  • ARLO similar
    Public relations and communication consultancy · Waterloo · since 2014
  • Plastering work · since 2019
  • Arlo similar
    Abbreviation of Studio Arlo · Other amusement and recreation activities · Brussel · since 2022
  • ARLO similar
    Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2023

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