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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Hoogstraten · since 1999
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Abbreviation of Vastgoed GezondheidsCampus · Halen · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Clavier · since 2018
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Abbreviation of VLAAMSE GRASPARKIETEN CLUB · Antwerpen · since 2007
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Abbreviation of Verschuren Group of Companies · Activities of holding companies · Kinrooi · since 2024
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Name of an establishment · General electrical installation work · Mechelen · since 2001
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Detailhandel in aanhangwagens, opleggers en caravans · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Boutersem · since 2026
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Oudergem · since 1979
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Schaarbeek · since 1994
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Freight transport by road · Evergem · since 1997
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 1990
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Joinery installation · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2020
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2020
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Cultural education · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Vega Gonzalez · Kontich · since 2022
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Abbreviation of VRDGRCHT · Cafés and bars · Merelbeke · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Vibrant Group · Groothandel in verlichtingsapparatuur · Olen · since 2022
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Activities of head offices · Wommelgem · since 2010
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Site preparation · Mol · since 2011
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Abbreviation of Vlaminck Group · General electrical installation work · Herzele · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Vereniging van Voedings- en Gezondheidsconsulenten · Antwerpen · since 1993
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Abbreviation of VAREN MET GENOT · Antwerpen · since 1981
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Oostende · since 1993
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since 2010
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2025