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.
“VDFA”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · Sambreville · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Vlaamse Dienst voor Financieel Advies · Lochristi · since 2011
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Development of residential building projects · Sambreville · since 2023
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of ACCOUNTANCY VDF & C° · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Rijkevorsel · since 2020
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Freight transport by road · since 2021
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Support activities for crop production · Peer · since 2023
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Halle · since 2012
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2012
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Abbreviation of VERBAND DER DEUTSCHEN FRUCHTSAFT-INDUSTRIE e.V. · BONN · since 2005
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Abbreviation of VIDAFUN ASBL · Braine-le-Comte · since 2025
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Ouffet · since 2013
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Insulation installation · Wortegem-Petegem · since 2007
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Activities of company auditors · Vilvoorde · since 2022
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Activities of lawyers · Ukkel · since 2012