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.
“VELVET LAB”
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
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Brussel · since 2021
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of Mark-Up · Graphic design and visual communication · Gent · since 2018
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Cafés and bars · since 2023
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Activiteiten op het gebied van de distributie van films en video’s · Gent · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of VFX · Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Antwerpen · since 2004
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Name of an establishment of WHITE CAT · Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of PULP FASHION · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Elsene · since 2006
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of DECKMYN GROUP · Full-service restaurants · Izegem · since 2026
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · since 2021
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Medical imaging and medical laboratories · Dendermonde · since 1990
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Cafés and bars · since 2020
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Vervaardiging van overige kleding en toebehoren, n.e.g. · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of TINTO · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brussel · since 2018
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2021
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Performing arts by independent artists · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2022
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Retail sale of household furniture · Lommel · since 2011
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Advertising agencies · Gent · since 2004
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2025
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Bertem · since 2018