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.
“VIOLEX”
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
15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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General construction of residential buildings · Grimbergen · since 2019
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Vermogensbeheer · Turnhout · since 2015
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2021
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Overijse · since 2010
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Visual arts creation · Oud-Heverlee · since 2006
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Activities of lawyers · Elsene · since 2023
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 1991
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Business and other management consultancy · Brecht · since 1999
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Activities of lawyers · Brugge · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of Viflex SRL · Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 2022
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Activities of lawyers · Wemmel · since 2011
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Overige diensten in verband met het maken van geluidsopnamen · since 2024
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Leuven · since 1978
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2025
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · Antwerpen · since 2002
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2020
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Detailhandel in kledingaccessoires · Waterloo · since 2006
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2017
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2020
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Other legal services · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · since 1999
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Anderlecht · since 2023
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2006
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2024
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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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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2022
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2005
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Name of an establishment of ARTOLA · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Ganshoren · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · Dendermonde · since 2026
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Productie van televisieprogramma's · Anderlecht · since 2020
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Groothandel in fietsen · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Gesves · since 2005