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.
“VDE Groep”
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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Insurance agents and brokers · Olen · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Waasmunster · since 2011
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Roeselare · since 1977
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Other tax advisory services · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2014
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Eindhoven · since 2017
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Other technical testing and analysis · Kortrijk · since 2019
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Abbreviation of VANDER ELSTRAETEN GROUP · Activities of holding companies · Kortenberg · since 2020
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General electrical installation work · Lendelede · since 2021
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Vervaardiging en loopvlakvernieuwing van rubberbanden en vervaardiging van binnenbanden · Harelbeke · since 2010
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Dendermonde · since 2024
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Other financial services · Buggenhout · since 2025
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other construction installation · Lochristi · since 2017
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Activities of holding companies · Ieper · since 2024
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Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · Oud-Turnhout · since 2022
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Tielt-Winge · since 2019
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Site preparation · since 2020
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Groothandel in installatiemateriaal voor loodgieterswerk en verwarming · Wijnegem · since 2018
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Advertising agencies · since 2019
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Freight transport by road · Kruisem · since 2020
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Other postal and courier activities · since 2022
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Verhuur en lease van machines en installaties voor de bouwnijverheid en de weg- en waterbouw · Diest · since 2022
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General construction of residential buildings · Kalmthout · since 2012
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Zoersel · since 2024
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Activities of head offices · Anzegem · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of Keurhuis · Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Oostkamp · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Wemmel · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2026
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Genk · since 2016