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Compared with the KBO register · free

Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector.

“VHB Dev”

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.

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Same or very similar names

10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • VHB Dev same name
    Activities of holding companies · Vorst · since 2026
  • VHB Dev 2 very similar
    Rust- en verzorgingstehuizen (RVT) · Hannut · since 2026
  • VHB very similar
    Name of an establishment of Ateliers V.H.B. · Machining of metals · Merelbeke · since 1944
  • V.H.B. very similar
    Abbreviation of Vlaamse Hengelsportvereniging Brussel · Brussel · since 1965
  • V.H.B. very similar
    Real estate agency activities · Mont-Saint-Guibert · since 1992
  • VHB very similar
    Abbreviation of VERENIGDE HANDELAARS BROEK · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2002
  • VHB very similar
    Insurance agents and brokers · Lievegem · since 2016
  • V.H.B. very similar
    Abbreviation of V.H.B. SCHRIJNWERKERIJ · Joinery installation · Vosselaar · since 2005
  • VHB very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of VHB MARINE EN CONSTRUCTION · Reparatie en onderhoud van civiele schepen · Antwerpen · since 1995
  • V.H.B. very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of Vereniging voor Hulpbehoevende Bejaarden · Antwerpen · since 1995
Names that resemble it 2 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • B-Dev similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Tervuren · since 2019
  • BDEV similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Diest · since 2023

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

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