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.
“VELATCO”
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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Activities of holding companies · Schilde · since 1998
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General construction of residential buildings · Buggenhout · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Vereniging voor Ekologische Land- en Tuinbouw · Wholesale of fruit and vegetables, excluding potatoes · Zoersel · since 1977
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Electrical installation work in industrial facilities · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Oostende · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of VEMATECH · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Merksplas · since 2008
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Kapellen · since 2000
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · Beaumont · since 1988
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Medical imaging and medical laboratories · Dendermonde · since 1990
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Houthalen-Helchteren · since 1999
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Veterinary services · Deinze · since 2001
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Business and other management consultancy · Schilde · since 2022
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Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · since 2025
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Lokeren · since 2026
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Full-service restaurants · Lier · since 2014