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.
“VHB”
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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Name of an establishment of Ateliers V.H.B. · Machining of metals · Merelbeke · since 1944
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Abbreviation of Vlaamse Hengelsportvereniging Brussel · Brussel · since 1965
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Real estate agency activities · Mont-Saint-Guibert · since 1992
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Abbreviation of De Vlaamse Herdershond Brasschaat vzw · Pet training · Brasschaat · since 1992
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Abbreviation of VERENIGDE HANDELAARS BROEK · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2002
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Insurance agents and brokers · Lievegem · since 2016
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Abbreviation of V.H.B. SCHRIJNWERKERIJ · Joinery installation · Vosselaar · since 2005
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Abbreviation of VHB MARINE EN CONSTRUCTION · Reparatie en onderhoud van civiele schepen · Antwerpen · since 1995
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Abbreviation of Vereniging voor Hulpbehoevende Bejaarden · Antwerpen · since 1995
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Activities of holding companies · Vorst · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Gistel · since 2016
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Hannut · since 2026
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Willebroek · since 2020
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Support activities for crop production · Leuze-en-Hainaut · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Van Hove Bosschaerts Company · General construction of residential buildings · Schoten · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Brugge · since 1996
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Brussel · since 1997
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Abbreviation of VAN HYFTE WONEN · Retail sale of household furniture · Maldegem · since 2016
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Site preparation · Laakdal · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Vliegend Hert · Sint-Laureins · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Veggie is Halal · Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Victory Home · Antwerpen · since 2012
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2005
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Abbreviation of DOCTEUR HENNAUX Valérie · General medical practice · Floreffe · since 2023