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Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“VDF CADO”

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.

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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.

  • VDF CADO same name
    Wholesale of other household goods · Antwerpen · since 1990
  • VDF very similar
    Abbreviation of ACCOUNTANCY VDF & C° · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Rijkevorsel · since 2020
  • VDF (sole trader) very similar
    Freight transport by road · since 2021
  • VDF very similar
    Halle · since 2012
  • VDF very similar
    Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2012
  • VdF very similar
    Abbreviation of VERBAND DER DEUTSCHEN FRUCHTSAFT-INDUSTRIE e.V. · BONN · since 2005
  • Cado very similar
    Abbreviation of Coopérative Agricole de Dochamps · Manhay · since 1968
  • CADO very similar
    Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Stekene · since 1974
  • CADo very similar
    Abbreviation of Coordination d'aide à Domicile · Nutrition and dietetics services · Jodoigne · since 1982
  • C.A.D.O. very similar
    Abbreviation of Centrum voor Algemene Dokumentatie en Ontwikkeling · Brussel · since 1990
  • CADO very similar
    Activities of holding companies · Genk · since 2015
  • Cado very similar
    Name of an establishment of STAR ENERGY · Retail sale of automotive fuel · Vorst · since 2016
  • CaDo very similar
    Abbreviation of CATTEEU-DOBBELAERE · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Lo-Reninge · since 2019
Names that resemble it 3 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • CA - DO similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Ukkel · since 1993
  • CAD-O similar
    Activities of building architects · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2011
  • Ca.Do similar
    Veterinary services · Kontich · since 2024

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