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.
“VBK-Shipping”
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
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Inland freight water transport · Ranst · since 2026
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Inland freight water transport · Antwerpen · since 2022
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BRIDEL · since 1996
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Diensten in verband met vervoer over water · Dendermonde · since 1976
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Inland freight water transport · Schilde · since 2016
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Verhuur en lease van transportmiddelen voor vervoer over water · Ranst · since 2009
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Inland freight water transport · Antwerpen · since 2007
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Trade name of KAAI WOESTIJNE · Inland freight water transport · Eeklo · since 2023
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Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · Brecht · since 2018
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Diensten in verband met vervoer over water · since 2025
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Inland freight water transport · Antwerpen · since 2016
Names that resemble it 27 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Goederenvervoer over zee- en kustwateren · Brugge · since 1999
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Goederenvervoer over zee- en kustwateren · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1978
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Diensten in verband met vervoer over water · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 1988
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Inland freight water transport · since 2022
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Diensten in verband met vervoer over water · Maaseik · since 2021
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Ridderkerk · since 2021
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Inland freight water transport · Kapellen · since 2007
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2024
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Goederenvervoer over zee- en kustwateren · Wuustwezel · since 2026
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Trade name of VANERI CONSULTING · Diensten in verband met vervoer over water · Kapellen · since 2023
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Inland freight water transport · Schoten · since 2026
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Overige vrachtbehandeling, exclusief in zeehavens · Antwerpen · since 1975
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Andere afvalverwijdering · Antwerpen · since 1985
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Name of an establishment of COLLEN ENGINEERING · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Gent · since 1985
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2018
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Logistics services · Brugge · since 2016
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Inland freight water transport · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2019
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Freight transport by road · Nieuwpoort · since 2021
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2021
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Schoten · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of Antwerp Ghent Zeebruges Port Services · Logistics services · Antwerpen · since 2005
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Name of an establishment of MAG SHIPPING BVBA · Logistics services · Antwerpen · since 2005
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2025
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Inland freight water transport · Hemiksem · since 1987
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Business and other management consultancy · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2005