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.
“VINICOM”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of wines and spirits · Schilde · since 1984
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Retail sale of beverages, general range · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of HOEULES Immo · Retail sale of other second-hand goods, excluding clothing · Chimay · since 2012
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Activities of holding companies · Brakel · since 2021
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Wholesale of wines and spirits · Deinze · since 2001
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General electrical installation work · since 1994
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2002
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Activities of head offices · Antwerpen · since 2007
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Frasnes-lez-Anvaing · since 2026
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Strassen · since 2016
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Charleroi · since 1988
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Post-production of films, video and television programmes · Keerbergen · since 1988
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Abbreviation of VIT@LICOM : COMMUNIC@TIONS ET CONSULTANCE DE CRISE · Media representation · Vorst · since 2002
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Etterbeek · since 2012
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2024
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Web portal activities · Edegem · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of World of Champagne · Wholesale of wines and spirits · Wuustwezel · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Courcelles · since 2018
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Computer programming · Begijnendijk · since 2022
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of VINCENZO · Cafés and bars · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2011
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Wholesale of other household goods · Zutendaal · since 2004
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Activities of lawyers · Elsene · since 2023
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2025