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.
“VDP 2”
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
15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Nivelles · since 2018
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Merelbeke-Melle · since 1983
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Wholesale of live animals · Zulte · since 1987
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Abbreviation of VAN DER PLUYM · Translation services · Merksplas · since 1994
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Abbreviation of VDP CONSULTING · Business and other management consultancy · Zemst · since 1995
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 1995
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Development of residential building projects · Kasterlee · since 1996
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Putte · since 1996
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Joinery installation · Gent · since 2016
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Design and construction of stages and sets · since 2016
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Vermogensbeheer · Herselt · since 2008
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Hairdressing and barber services · Eeklo · since 2019
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Torhout · since 2009
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Plastering work · Dendermonde · since 2007
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Abbreviation of Verger du Paradis · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Rebecq · since 2024
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Van de Perck Orthodontie · Dental practice · Kapellen · since 1995
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Activities of holding companies · Vorselaar · since 2013
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Abbreviation of VD Project & Construct · Business and other management consultancy · Namur · since 2017
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Nivelles · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of Curv · Other business support services · Herent · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Schoten · since 2021
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Deinze · since 2023
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · Grimbergen · since 2003
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Event catering · Ninove · since 2005
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Specialist medical practice · Herstal · since 2025
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Abbreviation of PIETER VAN DEN POEL · Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Niklaas · since 2025