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.
“VAROPE”
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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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Sint-Niklaas · since 1998
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Brecht · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Middelkerke · since 1997
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Groothandel in ijzerwaren · ZUG · since 2022
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Vermogensbeheer · Knokke-Heist · since 2023
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Trade name of VANREYTEN-STALS · Bree · since 1984
Names that resemble it 25 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Vic. Van Rompuy · Wholesale of machine tools · Lier · since 1969
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Abbreviation of Vlaamse Ardennen Radio Omroep · Oudenaarde · since 1981
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Performing arts by independent artists · Boortmeerbeek · since 1999
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Torhout · since 2000
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Wholesale of live animals · Herselt · since 2001
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Middelkerke · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Herent · since 2022
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Insurance agents and brokers · Lummen · since 2010
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Sambreville · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Evergem · since 2024
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Haaltert · since 1992
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Kasterlee · since 1997
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Rijkevorsel · since 1999
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Overige accommodatie · Gent · since 2019
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General construction of residential buildings · Dilbeek · since 2010
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Machining of metals · Pelt · since 2007
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Fitness centres · Opwijk · since 2025
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Insurance agents and brokers · Genk · since 1992
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Wetteren · since 1993
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Pig breeding farms · Staden · since 1996
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Bever · since 2000
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Vermogensbeheer · Ternat · since 2019
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Edegem · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Maldegem · since 2009
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2023