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.
“VDW”
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
25 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of Van Der Waerden · Retail sale of household furniture · Denderleeuw · since 1970
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Abbreviation of Volksjeugdontwikkeling Door de Wielersport · Antwerpen · since 1950
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Bornem · since 1987
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Abbreviation of Verzekeringskantoor Slaets-VDW · Office administrative and support services · Ranst · since 1992
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Abbreviation of Verzekeringen De Windt · Agents and brokers in banking services · Leuven · since 1994
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Diest · since 1999
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2003
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Other postal and courier activities · since 2015
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Abbreviation of VANDEWIELE SANDRA · Ieper · since 2017
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München · since 2018
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Plumbing work · Wemmel · since 2018
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Reparatie en onderhoud van consumentenelektronica · Wuustwezel · since 2022
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Activities of head offices · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of PATRICK VAN GESTEL · Joinery installation · Keerbergen · since 2007
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Lochristi · since 2007
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Activities of building architects · Nijlen · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Vaelen Dakwerken · Roofing work · Lummen · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Van de Weyer Entreprises · Real estate agency activities · Waterloo · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Merchtem · since 2021
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Site preparation · Lierneux · since 2023
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Real estate agency activities · Putte · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Roche4Meat by Van de Walle · Activiteiten van slachthuizen · Rochefort · since 2023
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Groothandel in zuivelproducten en eieren · Oostkamp · since 2026
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2023
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Handelsbemiddeling in de groothandel in landbouwgrondstoffen, levende dieren en textielgrondstoffen en halffabricaten · Veurne · since 2006
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of VANDEN WYNGAERT ELS · Physiotherapy · Lummen · since 2014
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Gingelom · since 2020
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Tremelo · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Vlaamse Diergeneeskundige Werkgroep Ethologie · Other education · Beringen · since 2023
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Advertising agencies · Antwerpen · since 2004
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Kalmthout · since 2024
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2022
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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