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.
“VENOVA”
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
33 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Medical imaging and medical laboratories · Diest · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Mechelen · since 2013
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Lichtervelde · since 1991
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Computer programming · since 2026
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General construction of residential buildings · Sint-Niklaas · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Schilde · since 2016
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2022
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Dour · since 2010
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Antwerpen · since 1958
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General construction of residential buildings · Hechtel-Eksel · since 1982
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Plumbing work · Awans · since 1988
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Cafés and bars · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1988
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Real estate agency activities · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 1990
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Genk · since 1999
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Vosselaar · since 2003
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Real estate agency activities · Gent · since 2003
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Other cleaning activities · since 2018
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Construction of roads and motorways · since 2019
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General construction of residential buildings · Vilvoorde · since 2020
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2020
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Repair and maintenance of fabricated metal products · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of GOURMET CONSULT. & MNGT · Full-service restaurants · Wemmel · since 2023
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Real estate agency activities · Herve · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of RENOVA NVH · Joinery installation · Wetteren · since 2011
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Groothandel in metalen en metaalertsen · Sankt Vith · since 2003
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2022
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Demolition · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brugge · since 2026
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2026
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Roeselare · since 2026
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Cafés and bars · since 2026
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Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2026
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Teelt van andere eenjarige gewassen, n.e.g. · Lievegem · since 2025
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Sint-Niklaas · since 1985
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Full-service restaurants · Niel · since 2023
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Painting of buildings · Maldegem · since 2023
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Name of VANNIEUWKERKE WIM · General construction of residential buildings · Poperinge · since 2010
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Other legal services · Beersel · since 2024
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Other technical testing and analysis · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Intermediation services for non-specialised retail · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Other software publishing · since 2007
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Bredene · since 2021