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.
“VIRAGES”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Ouffet · since 1992
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Development of residential building projects · Walhain · since 2012
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Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2018
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Vervaardiging van overige producten van metaal, n.e.g. · Ciney · since 2006
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Other sports activities · since 2020
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Photography, excluding press photography · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1985
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Liège · since 1995
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Literary creation · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Vereniging voor Internationale Relaties · Brussel · since 1964
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Freight transport by road · since 2023
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Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1985
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Vermogensbeheer · Tielt · since 2016
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Real estate agency activities · Aalst · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Mons · since 2011
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Abbreviation of Vigilence-Responsabilité-Santé · Messancy · since 2006
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Hairdressing and barber services · Brussel · since 2024
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2025
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1968
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Abbreviation of VLAAMS INSTITUUT VOOR GESCHIEDENIS · Brussel · since 2007