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.
“VEF”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of VIROINVAL ESPOIR ET FRATERNITE · Exploitatie van culturele centra en multifunctionele zalen ten behoeve van culturele activiteiten · Viroinval · since 1968
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Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods · Blégny · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Volley Elouges - Frameries · Mons · since 2026
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Antwerpen · since 1993
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Business and other management consultancy · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2005
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Abbreviation of VLAAMS NETWERK VOOR EIGENTIJDS FILOSOFIEONDERWIJS · Gent · since 2006
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Abbreviation of Vereniging voor Europese Fundamentele Waarden · Other membership organisations · Aarschot · since 2025
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General construction of residential buildings · Merchtem · since 1988
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Mont-Saint-Guibert · since 1996
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 1978
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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