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.
“VEDHO”
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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Joinery installation · Maldegem · since 1995
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2023
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Landscape service activities · Waasmunster · since 2023
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2010
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Wingene · since 2025
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Abbreviation of VERENIGING VAN GENTSE HAVENGEBONDEN ONDERNEMINGEN · Activities of business and employers' organisations · Gent · since 1938
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Namur · since 1987
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Mixed farming · Jurbise · since 1997
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Groothandel in granen en zaden · Zedelgem · since 2016
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Painting of buildings · Ardooie · since 2020
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Nursing and midwifery · Zwevegem · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Eeklo · since 2023
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Removal services · Deerlijk · since 2023
Names that resemble it 3 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Abbreviation of VAN EECKHOUT DANNY · Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Aartselaar · since 2000
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Full-service restaurants · Denderleeuw · since 2025