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
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Name of an establishment of Verenigd Inklaringsbureau · Logistics services · Brugge · since 1974
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Abbreviation of VYNCKE INVEST · Lievegem · since 1989
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Abbreviation of VLAAMS INSTITUUT VOOR BIOTECHNOLOGIE - FLANDERS INSTITUTE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY · Research and development on biotechnology · Gent · since 1995
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Abbreviation of Radio Vibration · Ukkel · since 2001
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Abbreviation of VITOL INVESTMENTS BELGIUM · Kraainem · since 2002
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Abbreviation of Vervoer In uw Buurt · Other social work without accommodation · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of VIVAT INTERNATIONAL BELGIQUE/BELGIE · Other membership organisations · Anderlecht · since 2021
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Abbreviation of VOLCKAERTS INTERIEUR BOUW · Joinery installation · Aarschot · since 2008
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Zeist · since 1991
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Abbreviation of VICTORI BRUXELLES · Groothandel in weefsels, stoffen en fournituren · Court-Saint-Etienne · since 1995
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Brussel · since 2022
Names that resemble it 42 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Vrij Instituut voor Buitengewoon Onderwijs · Vrij gesubsidieerd buitengewoon secundair onderwijs · Turnhout · since 1968
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Abbreviation of Vlaams Instituut voor Bio - Ecologisch Bouwen en Wonen · Verenigingen op het vlak van milieu en mobiliteit · Antwerpen · since 1981
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Brussel · since 2000
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Abbreviation of VLAAAMS INSTITUUT VOOR DE BIJZONDERE VELDWACHTER · Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Geraardsbergen · since 2001
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since 2013
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General medical practice · Geel · since 2016
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Activiteiten op het gebied van psychotherapie · since 2019
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Screed work · Herk-de-Stad · since 2019
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 1993
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General medical practice · Wavre · since 2020
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Uitzenden van radioprogramma’s en distributie van audio · De Haan · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Vlaamse Imkersbond voor Brussel en Omstreken · Halle · since 2022
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Advertising agencies · Genappe · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Manufacture of beer · Ninove · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Niklaas · since 2024
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Berlaar · since 2025
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Activities of head offices · Hasselt · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of PRODINA · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Liège · since 1980
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Hasselt · since 1983
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Vervaardiging van andere chemische producten, n.e.g. · Wuustwezel · since 1992
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Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · Steenokkerzeel · since 1993
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Sint-Niklaas · since 1994
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Vervaardiging van verf, vernis ed, drukinkt en mastiek · Wevelgem · since 1996
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2015
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Name of an establishment · Public relations and communication consultancy · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Vloerverwarming Industrie België · Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Genk · since 2017
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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2020
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Lichtervelde · since 2021
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Temporary employment agencies and other provision of personnel · since 2022
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2023
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Other retail sale of food · Liège · since 2011
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Development of residential building projects · De Panne · since 2004
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Business and other management consultancy · Rotselaar · since 2007
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Andere activiteiten op het gebied van de verspreiding van inhoud · since 2026
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Namur · since 2024
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Computer programming · Pelt · since 2024
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Socio-cultural adult education · Schaarbeek · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Vlaams Instituut voor Beleid en Strategie · Brussel · since 2026
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Computer programming · Brasschaat · since 2026
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Wielsbeke · since 1968
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Name of an establishment of AKINTAS · Cafés and bars · Liège · since 2020