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.
“VIL”
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.
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Other business support services · Antwerpen · since 2003
Names that resemble it 40 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Sportschool Meulebeke vzw · Vrij gesubsidieerd gewoon algemeen secundair onderwijs · Tielt · since 1965
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Antwerpen · since 1989
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Abbreviation of Vlaams Infocentrum Land- en Tuinbouw · Public relations and communication consultancy · Brussel · since 1995
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Name of an establishment of VILS Belgium · Business and other management consultancy · Niel · since 2014
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Other education · Schilde · since 2017
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Vermogensbeheer · Kortrijk · since 2015
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Other support activities for arts and performing arts · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Lanaken · since 2022
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2023
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Bewerken van metaal en poedermetallurgie · Büllingen · since 2004
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2005
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Hairdressing and barber services · Izegem · since 2007
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Abbreviation of Vereniging van Burgerlijke Ingenieurs uit de Katholieke Universiteit Leuven · Elsene · since 1970
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Overige bemiddeling in en beheer van onroerend goed voor een vast bedrag of op contractbasis, n.e.g. · Mechelen · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of Begeleidingscentrum voor personen met autisme · Instellingen met huisvesting voor volwassenen met een mentale handicap · Mechelen · since 1979
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Name of an establishment of Emiliani · Instellingen met huisvesting voor volwassenen met een mentale handicap · Lokeren · since 1981
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Development of residential building projects · Kortemark · since 1985
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De Haan · since 1988
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 1991
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Photography, excluding press photography · Pajottegem · since 2014
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Other business support services · Leuven · since 2015
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General electrical installation work · Ternat · since 2017
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Real estate agency activities · Kortrijk · since 2019
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General medical practice · Chaudfontaine · since 2021
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Vermogensbeheer · Genk · since 2021
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Ronse · since 2022
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General electrical installation work · since 2014
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Alken · since 2007
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2007
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Activities of holding companies · Laakdal · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Vereniging van Vietnamese Intellectuelen in België en Luxemburg · Mol · since 2025
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Cafés and bars · Leuven · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2026
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Gent · since 2026
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Real estate agency activities · 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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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1986
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Abbreviation of Violon d'Ingres · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1991