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.
“VD TOOLS”
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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Groothandel in ijzerwaren · Sint-Lievens-Houtem · since 1994
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Other retail sale of new goods · AS NUDEN · since 2025
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Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · Geraardsbergen · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of BEKAFEST · Proefboren en boren · Bocholt · since 2019
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Wholesale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Jodoigne · since 2019
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Vervaardiging van overige machines en apparaten voor algemeen gebruik, n.e.g. · Lendelede · since 2020
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'S Hertogenbosch · since 2021
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2024
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Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · since 2026
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Specialist medical practice · Antwerpen · since 1989
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2015
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Groothandel in ijzerwaren · Herve · since 2011
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Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen · since 2021
Names that resemble it 4 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Groothandel in ijzerwaren · Brecht · since 1983
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Wholesale of machine tools · Antwerpen · since 1993
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Other specialised construction activities · Genappe · since 2018
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Wholesale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2011