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.
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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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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General electrical installation work · Lievegem · since 2019
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Vermogensbeheer · Roeselare · since 2022
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Abbreviation of VEERLE EGGHE SERVICE · Buying and selling of own real estate · Temse · since 2006
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Abbreviation of Voor Eigen Schoon · Bornem · since 2007
Names that resemble it 49 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Insurance agents and brokers · Kortemark · since 2023
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Activities of building architects · Boom · since 2001
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Plumbing work · since 2015
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Joinery installation · Merksplas · since 2020
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General cleaning of buildings · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · since 2004
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Dendermonde · since 2005
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2006
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2007
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Activities of notaries · Tielt · since 2023
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Balen · since 2025
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Other postal and courier activities · Sint-Niklaas · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of SPRL VESIMIES · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Etterbeek · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of VMF · Other sports activities · Diest · since 1921
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Abbreviation of Vereniging van Blinden en Slechtzienden Licht en Liefde · Jabbeke · since 1947
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Oostende · since 1989
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General electrical installation work · Genk · since 1993
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Risk and damage evaluation · Schoten · since 1994
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 1998
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Business and other management consultancy · Zutendaal · since 1999
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Mechelen · since 1999
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Business and other management consultancy · Dendermonde · since 2002
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Activities of holding companies · Mechelen · since 2012
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Installatie van verwarming, klimaatregeling, koeling en ventilatie aangedreven door andere energiebronnen dan elektriciteit · since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · Zonhoven · since 2016
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Abbreviation of VALIDATION & SOINS POUR PERSONNES AGEES · Brussel · since 2018
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Activities of holding companies · Zedelgem · since 2020
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Vermogensbeheer · Knokke-Heist · since 2020
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Olen · since 2021
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Alken · since 2022
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Joinery installation · Ieper · since 2022
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since 2022
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Sint-Niklaas · since 2022
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Rotselaar · since 2011
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Maldegem · since 2011
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Activities of holding companies · Rotselaar · since 2004
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Ham · since 2005
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NURNBERG · since 2005
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Development of residential building projects · Oosterzele · since 2005
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Wommelgem · since 2008
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Computer programming · Duffel · since 2024
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Cafés and bars · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Ranst · since 2023
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Menen · since 1988
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Turnhout · since 1972
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1995
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Insurance agents and brokers · Wommelgem · since 2003
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since 2020
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Spa · since 2004