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.
“VAT Max”
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
15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Raising of horses and other equines · Opwijk · since 2019
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Activities of head offices · Brugge · since 2015
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Mechelen · since 2022
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Veterinary services · Rendeux · since 2025
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Other building finishing work · Zoersel · since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · Donceel · since 2008
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Verhuur en lease van vrachtwagens · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Genappe · since 2008
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General construction of residential buildings · Aalst · since 2026
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Abbreviation of VITESS'KE - GROUPE A.T. · Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Brussel · since 1964
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Abbreviation of Voerens Amateur Toneel · Voeren · since 2019
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Abbreviation of VRIJZINNIG ANTWERPS TREFPUNT · Antwerpen · since 2010
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Abbreviation of THE VITUS ASSOCIATION TOGO · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2010
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Other business support services · Elsene · since 2025
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Detailhandel in herenbovenkleding · since 2003
Names that resemble it 3 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of business and employers' organisations · Berlin · since 2011
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Full-service restaurants · Maasmechelen · since 2023
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Other education · since 2025