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.
“VIGILANCE”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Beveiligingsactiviteiten, n.e.g. · Mol · since 2015
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Evere · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of ENTREPRISE BELKADI · Site preparation · Wezembeek-Oppem · since 2025
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Other retail sale of food · since 2026
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Courcelles · since 2017
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Waterloo · since 1993
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Investigation and private security services · Charleroi · since 2006
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2002
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2022
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Dilbeek · since 2026
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Abbreviation of studentenvereniging Vigilantia · Antwerpen · since 2014
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since 2004
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Name of an establishment of GILANCE 2.0 · Detailhandel in lederwaren en reisartikelen · Nivelles · since 2024
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Computer programming · Namur · since 2019
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De Haan · since 1988
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · since 2017
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Computer programming · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2018
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Abbreviation of FRATERNELLE DES UNITES CYCLISTES FRONTIERE DE BELGIQUE - VERBROEDERING DER GRENS FIESTSERS EENHEDEN VAN BELGIE · Brussel · since 1984
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Leuven · since 2006
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since 1998
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Repair and maintenance of fabricated metal products · Stabroek · since 2021
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Wholesale of timber · Eupen · since 1968
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Name of an establishment of KELLY LACEY · Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 2023
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since 1978
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Detailhandel in lederwaren en reisartikelen · Nivelles · since 1968