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Name check

Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“VIFI”

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

1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.

  • VIFI same name
    Other business support services · Lokeren · since 2025
Names that resemble it 8 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • VIF ASBL similar
    Abbreviation of ASBL Vivre en fol Cie · Exploitatie van schouwburgen, concertzalen en dergelijke · Namur · since 2015
  • Vifique similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Damme · since 2020
  • Activities of independent sportspeople · since 2021
  • VIFF similar
    Abbreviation of Vrienden van het In Flanders Fields Museum · Ieper · since 2014
  • VIFO similar
    Cafés and bars · Ukkel · since 2019
  • VIFA similar
    Full-service restaurants · since 2024
  • VIVI FILM similar
    Production of cinema films · Koekelberg · since 2010
  • ALVIFI similar
    Lasne · since 2024

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