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.
“VIO”
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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Abbreviation of VITRUVIO · Lint · since 2002
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2010
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Abbreviation of VANDAELE INES OSTEOPAAT · Kortrijk · since 2008
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2014
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Painting of buildings · since 2015
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Uitgeven van tijdschriften · Oudergem · since 1999
Names that resemble it 32 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · Ieper · since 1981
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Brugge · since 1988
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Business and other management consultancy · Lier · since 2015
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Computer programming · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2023
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Computer programming · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of PRODINA · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Liège · since 1980
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Business and other management consultancy · Schoten · since 1985
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80121 Naples · since 2000
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Other education · Boom · since 2002
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Literary creation · since 2017
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 2017
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Tattoo and piercing services · since 2011
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Socio-cultural adult education · since 2019
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Sprimont · since 2021
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2022
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General construction of residential buildings · Drogenbos · since 2023
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Other retail sale of food · Liège · since 2011
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2005
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Business and other management consultancy · Rotselaar · since 2007
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Seraing · since 2023
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Retail sale of lighting equipment · Heers · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of ARTOLA · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Ganshoren · since 2023
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Other information service activities · Boom · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · Dendermonde · since 2026
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Other human health activities · 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