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.
“VDA Trading”
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
28 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Turnhout · since 2010
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Wholesale of other food products · Deinze · since 1992
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Kontich · since 1984
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Painting of buildings · Ranst · since 1996
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Business and other management consultancy · Schilde · since 1998
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Groothandel in ruwe plantaardige en dierlijke oliën en vetten · since 1991
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Detailhandel in aanhangwagens, opleggers en caravans · Pelt · since 2023
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Edegem · since 2024
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Ardooie · since 2024
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Wholesale of industrial chemicals · Brecht · since 1996
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Wholesale of wines and spirits · Brugge · since 2013
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Wemmel · since 2020
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Groothandel in behang, verf en woningtextiel · Hasselt · since 1987
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Name of an establishment · Groothandel in hijs-, hef- en transportwerktuigen · Waregem · since 2019
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2019
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · Mouscron · since 2019
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Harelbeke · since 2019
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Ganshoren · since 2020
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Groothandel in overig textiel · Evere · since 2021
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Name of an establishment · Wholesale of diamonds and other precious stones · Namur · since 2021
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Other specialised construction activities · Zoersel · since 2023
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Machining of metals · Brussel · since 2011
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Other tax advisory services · Maarkedal · since 2008
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Name of an establishment · Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Lochristi · since 2025
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Name of an establishment · Other building finishing work · Brussel · since 2025
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Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1989
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2016
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Freight transport by road · Etterbeek · since 2022
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1990
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Name of an establishment of VAN MEIRVENNE TRADING · Vervaardiging van artikelen van draad en van kettingen en veren · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1991
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Brasschaat · since 1994
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Name of an establishment of VL - INVEST · Real estate agency activities · Laakdal · since 1994
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Groothandel in bloemen en planten · Kontich · since 2000
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Verviers · since 2002
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Oostrozebeke · since 2016
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2017
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Other business support services · Deinze · since 2021
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Antwerpen · since 2004
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Kortrijk · since 2008
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2023
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Wezembeek-Oppem · since 2024
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2011
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 1994
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2007
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Affligem · since 2024
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Translation services · since 2015
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Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2016
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Activities of holding companies · Knokke-Heist · since 1998
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Anzegem · since 1997
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Pelt · since 2008
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Bree · since 2022