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.
“VARS”
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Tubize · since 2015
Names that resemble it 27 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Freight transport by road · Sint-Truiden · since 2022
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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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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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Retail sale of electrical household appliances · Wevelgem · since 1985
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Kampenhout · since 1988
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Computer programming · Wavre · since 1988
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Mixed farming · Nijlen · since 1996
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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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Abbreviation of VARM (Automated Solutions) · Computer programming · Stabroek · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2019
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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 · Antwerpen · 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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Name of an establishment of Value Add Real Estate NV · Development of residential building projects · Sint-Laureins · since 2011
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2011
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Event catering · Gent · since 2024
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Other personal services · since 2024
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Activities of holding companies · Kampenhout · since 2025
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Vervaardiging van stortklare beton · since 2010
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Kontich · since 2026
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2023