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.
“VIMICON”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Koksijde · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · Schaarbeek · since 1994
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since 1985
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Other business support services · Brugge · since 2013
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Ranst · since 2014
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Activities of holding companies · Brakel · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Mechelen · since 2004
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Retail sale of medical and orthopaedic goods, excluding prescription glasses and lenses · Alken · since 2006
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Other business support services · Gent · since 2025
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Harelbeke · since 2026
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Verhuur en lease van woon- en bureelcontainers en dergelijke accommodatie · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2015
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Activities of holding companies · Kalmthout · since 2021
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Mechelen · since 2022
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Other business support services · Bertem · since 2013
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1986
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Full-service restaurants · Brasschaat · since 2015
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Activities of holding companies · Oudenaarde · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2003
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Other legal services · Westerlo · since 2023
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General construction of residential buildings · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2012
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Other business support services · since 2005