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.
“VENAT”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vermogensbeheer · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of VERS NATUURLIJK AMBACHTELIJK · Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Hasselt · since 1989
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Antwerpen · since 2001
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Antwerpen · since 2014
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Computer programming · Antwerpen · since 2011
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Activities of holding companies · Beerse · since 2025
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Event catering · Elsene · since 2014
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Jabbeke · since 2017
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Abbreviation of V.E.N. AUTO · Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Brussel · since 2012
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Stabroek · since 2004
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Business and other management consultancy · Schilde · since 2013
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Other education · since 2020
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Freight transport by road · since 2009
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Langemark-Poelkapelle · since 2024
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Wemmel · since 2002
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2019
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Specialist medical practice · since 2003
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Abbreviation of Ven Installatiebedrijven · Rijen · since 1975
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Maarkedal · since 1991
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General construction of residential buildings · Begijnendijk · since 2015
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Real estate agency activities · La Hulpe · since 1993
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Middelkerke · since 2021
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Roeselare · since 2004
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Floor and wall tiling · since 2005
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Name of an establishment of Alvénat · Vervaardiging van oliën en vetten · Ciney · since 2006
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Specialist medical practice · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2025
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Detailhandel in kledingstoffen · Etterbeek · since 2025
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Travel agency activities · Anzegem · since 2026
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN NETWORK FOR ACCESSIBLE TOURISM · Brussel · since 2008
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Activities of holding companies · Asse · since 2026