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.
“VIADEM”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Harelbeke · since 1988
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Business and other management consultancy · Fosses-la-Ville · since 2019
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Kortrijk · since 1985
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Other information service activities · Waregem · since 2017
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2019
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Waterloo · since 1991
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Mechelen · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Merchtem · since 2006
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of VIA Don Bosco · Verenigingen op het vlak van ontwikkelingssamenwerking · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1973
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Site preparation · since 2008
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Welkenraedt · since 2023
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Literary creation · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2025
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Brussel · since 1994
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2020
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Elsene · since 2004
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Name of an establishment of Nouvel Adem · Vervaardiging van elektrische huishoudapparaten · Wavre · since 1965
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Name of an establishment · Instellingen met huisvesting voor minderjarigen met een mentale handicap · Bierbeek · since 1967
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Mons · since 1994
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Anderlecht · since 2000
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Name of an establishment · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Mechelen · since 2006