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.
“VIRE”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Name of an establishment of BC Plan · Business and other management consultancy · Zonhoven · since 2017
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Office administrative and support services · Brugge · since 2018
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Groothandel in sport- en kampeerartikelen, met uitzondering van fietsen · Herent · since 2015
Names that resemble it 47 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of Verex · Insurance agents and brokers · Aalst · since 1983
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Vermogensbeheer · Mechelen · since 2017
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Interior design · since 1995
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Real estate agency activities · Aalst · since 2010
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Other printing · Modave · since 2005
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Abbreviation of Vigilence-Responsabilité-Santé · Messancy · since 2006
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2008
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Activities of holding companies · Izegem · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2025
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Andere activiteiten op het gebied van de verspreiding van inhoud · since 2026
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Aartselaar · since 1975
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Activities of building architects · Schoten · since 2018
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Gent · since 2022
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Boussu · since 2024
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Other business support services · Waregem · since 2025
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Enghien · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · since 2026
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Fitness centres · Aarschot · since 2002
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Name of an establishment of MEAT-TIME · Warehousing and storage · Gent · since 2016
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General medical practice · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of ALR one · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Evergem · since 2021
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Vervaardiging van elektronische onderdelen · Brussel · since 2022
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Antwerpen · since 2012
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Installatie van duurzame elektrische installaties · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · Brasschaat · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Vereniging voor Internationale Relaties · Brussel · since 1964
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Abbreviation of Vlaams Instituut voor Ruimtelijke Ordening · since 1963
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Golbey · since 1989
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Gent · since 1992
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Wholesale of perfume and cosmetics · Hasselt · since 1997
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Freight transport by road · since 2023
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 1996
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Instellingen met huisvesting voor minderjarigen met een mentale handicap · Brugge · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Retie · since 2008
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Specialist medical practice · Ukkel · since 2006
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Other business support services · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of ARYOS · Launderettes and laundries for private customers · Etterbeek · since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · Wavre · since 2013
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Brussel · since 2015
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Tervuren · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Victims Office for International Rebuilding · Brussel · since 2022
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Post-production of films, video and television programmes · since 2023
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Landscape service activities · since 2026
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Elsene · since 2015
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Other technical testing and analysis · Brecht · since 2011
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Anderlecht · since 2002