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.
“VINO”
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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Lede · since 1993
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2001
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Malle · since 2013
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Activities of notaries · Herzele · since 2021
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Wholesale of wines and spirits · since 2011
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Cafés and bars · Gesves · since 2013
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · since 1996
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Retail sale of beverages, general range · Sint-Truiden · since 2005
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · since 2026
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · Sint-Niklaas · since 1989
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · since 2025
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Wholesale of wines and spirits · since 2017
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · Gent · since 2022
Names that resemble it 42 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Specialist medical practice · Pelt · since 2017
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Other business support services · Gent · since 2024
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · Genk · since 2003
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Antwerpen · since 1958
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Groothandel in ijzerwaren · Wetteren · since 1990
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Name of an establishment of VAN EEKELEN & PARTNERS · Full-service restaurants · Harelbeke · since 2002
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Retail sale of beverages, general range · Lubbeek · since 2014
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Mechelen · since 2016
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Retail sale of household furniture · Mons · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Vermogensbeheer · Menen · since 2016
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Etterbeek · since 2020
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Wholesale of wines and spirits · Lummen · since 2020
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Maasmechelen · since 2022
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · Halle · since 2024
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Physiotherapy · Schilde · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · Mechelen · since 2026
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Zonnebeke · since 1979
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · La Bruyère · since 1989
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · Geraardsbergen · since 1991
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Wholesale of wines and spirits · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2014
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Wholesale of wines and spirits · Schoten · since 2013
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · Frasnes-lez-Anvaing · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of Winelife · Retail sale of wines and spirits · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Cafés and bars · Nandrin · since 2015
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Painting of buildings · since 1992
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · since 2023
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Vermogensbeheer · Héron · since 2019
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Teelt van druiven · since 1995
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Frasnes-lez-Anvaing · since 2020
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Manage · since 2021
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · since 1984
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Wholesale of wines and spirits · Saint-Georges-sur-Meuse · since 2005
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · since 2007
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Business and other management consultancy · LA TOUR-D'AIGUES · since 2025
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · since 2026
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Stoumont · since 1987
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Overige instellingen van de sociale zekerheid · Brussel · since 1992
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Name of an establishment of VIND · Temporary employment agencies and other provision of personnel · Roeselare · since 1995
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Name of an establishment · Activities of holding companies · Oostende · since 2013
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Strassen · since 2016
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Retail sale of beverages, general range · since 2025