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.
“VERNIPA”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Insurance agents and brokers · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2004
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Izegem · since 2006
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Physiotherapy · since 2023
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Lebbeke · since 2008
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General construction of residential buildings · Sint-Niklaas · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Oostende · since 1990
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Oud-Heverlee · since 2015
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Site preparation
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Growing of pome and stone fruits · Boechout · since 2010
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Joinery installation · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 2012
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Hasselt · since 2004
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Nursing and midwifery · Stabroek · since 2005
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Landscape service activities · since 2021
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Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen · Laakdal · since 1980
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1983
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Lommel · since 1997
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Wholesale of fruit and vegetables, excluding potatoes · Pittem · since 1998
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Ravels · since 2013
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1989
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Real estate agency activities · Diepenbeek · since 2018
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Abbreviation of VERPAbeheer · Sint-Niklaas · since 2020
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since 1998
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Activities of holding companies · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of IKENGIE · Full-service restaurants · Diksmuide · since 2009
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Repair and maintenance of fabricated metal products · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2021