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.
“VIE”
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
21 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Name of an establishment of TALENTI · Employment placement agencies · Waterloo · since 2002
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Abbreviation of Les voyageurs de l'imaginaire · Tournai · since 2016
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Denderleeuw · since 2019
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Physiotherapy · Leuven · since 2020
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Advertising agencies · Tervuren · since 2021
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2021
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Sports and recreation education · Maldegem · since 2022
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Valorisation Immobilière et Expertises · Real estate agency activities · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2012
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Antwerpen · since 2007
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Abbreviation of VLADIMIR & IOURI ENERGIES · Business and other management consultancy · Liège · since 2007
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Lasne · since 2001
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Business and other management consultancy · Knokke-Heist · since 2011
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Psychology services · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of DB PARTNERS · Detailhandel in kledingstoffen · Sint-Niklaas · since 1993
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · Virton · since 2019
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · since 2023
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Other business support services · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Roeselare · since 2022
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Other specialised construction activities · Wuustwezel · since 2010
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Abbreviation of Vie corps et âme · Other education · Malmedy · since 2006
Names that resemble it 40 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of IP CONSULTING · Detailhandel in andere motorvoertuigen (> 3,5 ton) · Hoeilaart · since 2000
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Activiteiten van politieke organisaties · Elsene · since 1973
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Antwerpen · since 1990
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Vresse-sur-Semois · since 1993
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Hoeilaart · since 2014
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Abbreviation of ViePassion · Ukkel · since 2014
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Saint Apollinaire · since 1993
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Name of an establishment of Winston Churchill · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Kortrijk · since 2017
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Full-service restaurants · Kortrijk · since 2018
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Antwerpen · since 2005
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Business and other management consultancy · Oostrozebeke · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2023
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Activities of lawyers · Bertem · since 2010
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Antwerpen · since 2010
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Sports and recreation education · since 2026
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes · since 2006
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Business and other management consultancy · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2007
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Renting and leasing of sports and recreation goods · since 2024
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Activities of holding companies · Veurne · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2024
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Performing arts by independent artists · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Office administrative and support services · since 2025
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Lier · since 2018
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Boechout · since 2019
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Wevelgem · since 1986
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Other printing · Schilde · since 1990
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Name of an establishment · Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Liège · since 2018
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Electrical installation work in industrial facilities · Ternat · since 2019
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Name of an establishment · Photography, excluding press photography · Meerhout · since 2020
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Tienen · since 2020
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General construction of residential buildings · Gent · since 2021
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Herent · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of VISIE VAN COPPENOLLE-VANDENBUSSCHE · Buying and selling of own real estate · De Panne · since 2009
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Land surveying · since 2011
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Wholesale of machine tools · Brugge · since 2006
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Full-service restaurants · Boom · since 2024
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Advertising agencies · Dentergem · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Vereniging voor Integratie van Etnische Minderheden · Kortrijk · since 1993
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Name of an establishment · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 1991
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Maldegem · since 2005