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.
“VATAX”
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
21 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Mechelen · since 2022
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Brussel · since 1987
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Schaarbeek · since 2002
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Gent · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of LIERSEHOEK · Activiteiten van loterijen en kansspelen · Brussel · since 2014
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Other business support services · since 2026
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Antwerpen · since 1994
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Raising of horses and other equines · Opwijk · since 2019
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Bree · since 2025
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Elsene · since 1968
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Schaarbeek · since 1989
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Name of an establishment of V B TAX · Scheduled passenger transport by road · Ganshoren · since 1990
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Ukkel · since 1996
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Activities of head offices · Brugge · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Ittre · since 2017
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Full-service restaurants · Namur · since 2018
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Freight transport by road · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Name of an establishment · Insurance agents and brokers · Antwerpen · since 2003
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Schaarbeek · since 1995
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Brussel · since 1985
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Freight transport by road · Kortrijk · since 1996
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Brecht · since 2018
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Beringen · since 1979
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Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1989
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Grobbendonk · since 2003
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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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Name of an establishment of Van Autrève - Tack · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Zulte · since 2020
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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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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Brugge · since 2011
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Other business support services · Elsene · since 2025
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1987
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Activities of lawyers · Zwevegem · since 2021
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Lede · since 2012
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Philippeville · since 2025
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · since 2026
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2021
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Antwerpen · since 2017
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Scheduled passenger transport by road · since 2008
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Verviers · since 1938
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Name of an establishment of DANNY VERMEIREN · Computer programming · Rumst · since 2018