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.
“VEA”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of Vereinigung Eifeler Allgemeinmediziner · Bütgenbach · since 1994
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Abbreviation of VROUWEN EENDRACHT AALST · Erpe-Mere · since 2017
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Computer programming · Sint-Truiden · since 2019
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Lummen · since 2005
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Abbreviation of van eetvelde architectes - Société multiprofessionnelle d'architectes · Activities of building architects · Ukkel · since 2006
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Abbreviation of VILLA-EINSTEIN APARTMENTS · Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 1988
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Genk · since 1985
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Abbreviation of V.E.A.B. ARCHITECTS · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2016
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Brussel · since 1971
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Bodywork repair (including spraying and painting) · since 2013
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Activities of religious organisations · Soignies · since 2014
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Dalhem · since 2020
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Abbreviation of VE MONTAGE EN INSTALLATIE · Joinery installation · Brasschaat · since 2000
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Abbreviation of VINCEMMA · Business and other management consultancy · Zulte · since 2015
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · since 2020
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 1996
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Abbreviation of VEOLIA ENVIRONNEMENT · Paris 16 · since 1995
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Business and other management consultancy · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2025
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Abbreviation of VIVRE ENSEMBLE · Flémalle · since 2026
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Advertising agencies · since 2018