Skip to content

Is your company name still free?

Compared with the KBO register · free

Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector.

“VELY”

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.

Same or very similar names

2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • VELY same name
    Vermogensbeheer · Tielt · since 2019
  • V.E.L.Y. same name
    Abbreviation of VIE ET EDUCATION PAR LE YOGA · Sports and recreation education · Soignies · since 2010
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • VEL similar
    Buying and selling of own real estate · Aarschot · since 2016
  • VETELY similar
    Veterinary services · Pepinster · since 2022
  • Sole trader similar
    Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2025
  • Sole trader similar
    Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2026
  • VELT similar
    Ieper · since 1979
  • VELO similar
    Renting and leasing of sports and recreation goods · Leuven · since 1994
  • VELI similar
    Real estate agency activities · Gooik · since 1996
  • VELS similar
    Hotels and similar accommodation · Hasselt · since 1998
  • VELO + similar
    Full-service restaurants · Tremelo · since 2016
  • VELA similar
    Full-service restaurants · Oostende · since 2016
  • Veli similar
    Detailhandel in overig textiel · Geraardsbergen · since 2020
  • Veld similar
    Name of an establishment of In Het Vagevuur · Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Jette · since 2021
  • Velo-V similar
    Retail sale of bicycles · Gent · since 2021
  • VELA similar
    Name of an establishment of VEMATECH · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Merksplas · since 2008
  • V.E.L.D. similar
    Abbreviation of Van Een Leien Dakje · Gent · since 2009
  • VELO similar
    Site preparation · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2007
  • VELX similar
    Specialist medical practice · Waterloo · since 2023
  • Sole trader similar
    Other education · since 2024
  • Sole trader similar
    Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · since 2026
  • Sole trader similar
    Intermediation services for non-specialised retail · since 2026
  • Ively similar
    Floor and wall tiling · Jette · since 2024
  • V.E.L.T. similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of Vereniging voor Ekologische Leef en Teeltwijze · Knokke-Heist · since 1971
  • VELO similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of Vlaams Eerstelijnsoveleg · Leuven · since 1995

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

Next steps