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.
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of head offices · Wevelgem · since 2009
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Ukkel · since 1996
Names that resemble it 34 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Vervaardiging van keukenmeubelen · Wevelgem · since 1969
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General construction of residential buildings · Waterloo · since 1993
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Literary creation · since 2016
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Insurance agents and brokers · Stekene · since 2016
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Other business support services · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Vlaams Instituut voor Kwaliteit van Zorg · Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Brussel · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Jabbeke · since 2019
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Baelen · since 2009
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of VIKA IMMO · Public relations and communication consultancy · Gent · since 2010
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · since 1979
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Demolition · Elsene · since 2005
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Abbreviation of Vereniging voor Inrichting van Kulturele en Artistieke Manifestaties · Brasschaat · since 1977
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Office administrative and support services · Antwerpen · since 2016
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General electrical installation work · Wavre · since 2020
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Diepenbeek · since 2020
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Activities of company auditors · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2021
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General construction of residential buildings · Wezembeek-Oppem · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Lille · since 2021
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Development of non-residential building projects · Kortrijk · since 2022
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Boortmeerbeek · since 2022
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General construction of other non-residential buildings · Zonnebeke · since 2023
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Ninove · since 2007
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Real estate agency activities · Koksijde · since 2024
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2025
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Activities of building architects · Lint · since 2025
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Non-conventional therapeutic services · since 2025
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2026
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Development of residential building projects · Knokke-Heist · since 2001
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Abbreviation of Vogelinfo · Other photographic activities · Wichelen · since 2013
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Abbreviation of Vader Instituut · Mol · since 2012
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Abbreviation of Vier · Performing arts by independent artists · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Violon d'Ingres · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1991