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.
“VEBF”
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Zwijndrecht · since 2014
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Vlaamse Esperantobond - Flandra Esperanto-Ligo · Other printing · Antwerpen · since 1978
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Abbreviation of VERBAKEL ENGINEERING EN BOUW · General construction of residential buildings · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 1989
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Abbreviation of Verenigde Electronica Bedrijven · Hamont-Achel · since 1990
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Abbreviation of Vereniging van Erkende Bodemsaneringsdeskundigen · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Gent · since 1999
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Abbreviation of VALORIMAT ENVIRONNEMENT · Materials recovery from waste · Binche · since 2012
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Abbreviation of Vereninging voor Ecologisch Begrazing · Knokke-Heist · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Vlaams Energiebedrijf · Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Brussel · since 2012
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Diest · since 1968
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Activiteiten van industriële wasserijen · Brussel · since 1986
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Retail sale of household furniture · Mont-de-l'Enclus · since 1989
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Oostkamp · since 1992
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Name of an establishment of Via Alnus Verhuur · Advertising agencies · Brasschaat · since 2000
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Grimbergen · since 2009
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of Vietnam European Bridge Company Consultants · Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Niklaas · since 2006
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Leuven · since 1958
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Bertem · since 1978