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.
“VESALIUS”
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
20 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Roeselare · since 2000
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Lummen · since 2021
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Waregem · since 2004
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Grimbergen · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of Algemeen Ziekenhuis Vesalius · Activiteiten van algemene ziekenhuizen, muv geriatrische en gespecialiseerde ziekenhuizen · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 1990
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Computer programming · Gent · since 2024
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Leuven · since 2008
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Brussel · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of Hogeschool Gent · Officieel hoger onderwijs · Gent · since 1995
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Leuven · since 2017
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Elsene · since 2021
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Roeselare · since 1990
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Leuven · since 2018
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2018
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Lendelede · since 1908
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Name of an establishment of Katholieke Universiteit te Leuven · Vrij gesubsidieerd hoger onderwijs · Leuven · since 1970
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Elsene · since 1991
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Specialist medical practice · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2019
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Other financial services · Zaventem · since 2007
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Other financial services · Zaventem · since 2011
Names that resemble it 8 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Knokke-Heist · since 1989
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Specialist medical practice · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2023
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Deinze · since 1982
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Leuven · since 2003
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Activities of building architects · Boom · since 2001
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General cleaning of buildings · since 2020
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Leuven · since 2004
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Menen · since 1988