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.
“VIA EX”
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
25 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
-
Bouw van civiele schepen en drijvend materieel · Brussel · since 1986
-
Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Dinant · since 2014
-
Business and other management consultancy · Brecht · since 1999
-
Name of an establishment of Etablissementen Goysens · Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · Herentals · since 1954
-
Other business support services · Zwevegem · since 1974
-
Abbreviation of VOUCHER ISSUERS ASSOCIATION · Other business support services · Brussel · since 1982
-
Advertising agencies · Pelt · since 1989
-
Abbreviation of Vorming, Informatie- en Adviescentrum voor KMO · Kortrijk · since 1989
-
Business and other management consultancy · Boechout · since 1992
-
Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Zulte · since 1995
-
Painting of buildings · Ninove · since 2000
-
Algemeen welzijnswerk zonder huisvesting · Schaarbeek · since 2015
-
Activities of holding companies · Herzele · since 2016
-
Abbreviation of VASTGOED INVESTERINGS ASSOCIATIE · Waregem · since 2016
-
Abbreviation of VIA - Architecture, étude & patrimoine · Activities of building architects · Herstal · since 2021
-
Psychology services · since 2021
-
Gent · since 2023
-
Office administrative and support services · Haacht · since 2009
-
Other business support services · since 2010
-
Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Anderlecht · since 2011
-
Full-service restaurants · Liège · since 2006
-
Nursing and midwifery · Bornem · since 2025
-
Herentals · since 1991
-
Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 1991
-
Wevelgem · since 1985
Names that resemble it 5 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
-
Vervaardiging van parfums en toiletartikelen · Liège · since 2019
-
Landscape service activities · Brakel · since 1976
-
Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2019
-
Staden · since 2023
-
Zemst · since 2000