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.
“VASPI”
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.
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Full-service restaurants · Schoten · since 1999
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Abbreviation of KONINKLIJKE VERENIGING VAN AANNEMERS- SCHRIJNWERKERS VAN DE PROVINCIE ANTWERPEN · Antwerpen · since 1965
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Oostende · since 1989
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Demolition · Brussel · since 2001
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of VIACAO AEREA SAO PAULO · SAO PAULO · since 1992
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Cafés and bars · Gent · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of VAN AELST STONE PRODUCTS · Cutting, shaping and finishing of stone · Malle · since 2004
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Nursing and midwifery · Brugge · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Vlaamse Auto Sportfederatie · Roeselare · since 1978
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Abbreviation of VLAAMS ARTSENSYNDICAAT · Antwerpen · since 1981
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Gent · since 1985
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Abbreviation of FRIHOMAT · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 1989
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Lievens-Houtem · since 1999
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Abbreviation of VISUAL ART STUDIO · since 2002
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Bredene · since 2016
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Full-service restaurants · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2019
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Abbreviation of AZAOUAN SAHARA · Kortrijk · since 2006
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2007
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2019
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Photography, excluding press photography · Gent · since 2021
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Oostende · since 2014
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION DE SOUTIEN DES PERSONNES EN INSERTION · Other personal services · Arlon · since 2006