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.
“VEPA”
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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1976
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Groothandel in installatiemateriaal voor loodgieterswerk en verwarming · Zelzate · since 1977
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Pig breeding farms · Poperinge · since 1991
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Detailhandel in lederwaren en reisartikelen · Hulshout · since 1993
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Holsbeek · since 1998
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2024
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Vopak Energy Park Antwerp · Warehousing and storage · Antwerpen · since 2012
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Groothandel in kantoor- en winkelmeubelen · Hoogeveen · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of VLIN · Business and other management consultancy · Destelbergen · since 2007
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Vermogensbeheer · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Lokeren · since 2004
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Zoersel · since 2014
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Activities of holding companies · Destelbergen · since 2022
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Activities of building architects · Stekene · since 2002
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Activities of holding companies · Izegem · since 2009
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Other business support services · Ninove · since 2008
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Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Niklaas · since 2013
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Site preparation · Aalter · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Destelbergen · since 2014
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Pig breeding farms · Eeklo · since 1999
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Gent · since 2000
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Specialist medical practice · Saint-Nicolas · since 2001
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Meise · since 2017
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General electrical installation work · since 2015
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · Bree · since 2020
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Sint-Niklaas · since 2021
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Antwerpen · since 2011
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Schaarbeek · since 1990