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.
“VDL”
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
21 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Groothandel in kantoor- en schoolbenodigdheden · Mortsel · since 1979
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Abbreviation of VAN DER LINDEN · Vervaardiging van producten van vlees of van vlees van gevogelte · Antwerpen · since 1985
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Abbreviation of VDL-INTERASS · Insurance agents and brokers · Gent · since 1987
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Name of an establishment of VANPEPERSTRAETE-DECONINCK LOKER · Mixed farming · Heuvelland · since 2013
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Advertising agencies · since 1987
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2002
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Dison · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Voyage de l'espoir · Charleroi · since 2018
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Plumbing work · since 2020
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LYON · since 1999
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Combined facilities support activities · Schilde · since 2007
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Abbreviation of Van Daele Leonie · Kruisem · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · Kortrijk · since 2017
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Activities of holding companies · Kortrijk · since 2017
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Vervaardiging van radiatoren, stoomketels en ketels voor centrale verwarming · Mol · since 1948
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Office administrative and support services · since 1988
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Huldenberg · since 2010
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Handelsbemiddeling in de groothandel in brandstoffen, ertsen, metalen en chemische producten · Ravels · since 2024
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Activities of lawyers · Zulte · since 2026
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Wavre · since 1990
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Frasnes-lez-Anvaing · since 2022
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Advertising agencies · Beerse · since 2023
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Abbreviation of VAL DE LA LYS · Business and other management consultancy · Roeselare · since 2008
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Business and other management consultancy · Zoersel · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Vandals · Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Kortrijk · since 2024
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Activities of lawyers · Elsene · since 2013
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Activities of lawyers · Schoten · since 2020
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Hotton · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Perwez · since 2025
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Zulte · since 1972
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Abbreviation of VAN DESSEL · Retail sale of electrical household appliances · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 1975
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Liedekerke · since 1975
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Abbreviation of Société nouvelle des Ets Jules Verger et Delporte · Paris · since 1984
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Evergem · since 1993
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Abbreviation of VAN DESSEL · Business and other management consultancy · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 1996
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Office administrative and support services · Waregem · since 1997
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Abbreviation of VD Ontmoetingen onder vrienden · Elsene · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Vitis Doctrina · Vervaardiging van wijn uit druiven · Amay · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Valued Data · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Abbreviation of VD Tuinen · Landscape service activities · Westerlo · since 2022
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Abbreviation of La voie démocratique Bruxelles · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2009
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Specialist medical practice · Arlon · since 2006
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Abbreviation of VD Square · Retail sale of beverages, general range · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2018