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.
“VARTOS”
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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Veterinary services · Roeselare · since 2010
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Antwerpen · since 1997
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Other research and development on natural sciences · Waterloo · since 1997
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Activiteiten van dagcentra voor volwassenen met een mentale handicap, met inbegrip van ambulante hulpverlening · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2015
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General construction of residential buildings · Dilbeek · since 2010
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Wholesale of fruit and vegetables, excluding potatoes · Zele · since 1996
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Mixed farming · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2010
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Activities of holding companies · Hasselt · since 2024
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Aalst · since 2010
Names that resemble it 5 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Cafés and bars · since 2018
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Zaventem · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of Clarios Belgium · Vervaardiging van batterijen en accumulatoren · Brecht · since 1992
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since 2022
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Knokke-Heist · since 1976