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.
“VICING”
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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Full-service restaurants · De Haan · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of Torrywood · Cafés and bars · Torhout · since 2013
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Brussel · since 1984
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Name of an establishment of RASSAR · Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 1989
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Charleroi · since 2014
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General construction of residential buildings · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 1999
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Investigation and private security services · since 1995
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · since 2010
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Site preparation · Liedekerke · since 2004
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General electrical installation work · since 2023
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Other building finishing work · Gent · since 2025
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other tax advisory services · Kontich · since 1983
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Real estate agency activities · Waasmunster · since 1991
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Abbreviation of Vis, Ingenium, Constantia, Intelligentia · Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 2013
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Waregem · since 2013
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Activiteiten van bejaardenzorg aan huis, muv (thuis)verpleging · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of BLEND-ER · Wallpapering and laying of floor and wall coverings in other materials · Oudsbergen · since 2018
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Computer programming · Breda · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of Territoire zéro chômeur de longue durée de la confluence Ourthe Amblève · Temporary employment agencies and other provision of personnel · Comblain-au-Pont · since 2023
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Verhuur en lease van transportmiddelen voor vervoer over water · Malle · since 2023
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · Boom · since 2024
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 2026
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Groothandel in uurwerken en sieraden · Aalst · since 2010
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2022
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Trade name of HENI · Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2023