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.
“VISUM”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Bouw van civieltechnische werken voor vloeistoffen, n.e.g. · since 2017
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Durbuy · since 2018
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Advertising agencies · Gerpinnes · since 1990
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2019
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Specialist medical practice · Mettet · since 2009
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Abbreviation of Visual Studio User Group Belgium · Other information technology and computer services · Boutersem · since 2006
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Business and other management consultancy · Grez-Doiceau · since 2015
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Land surveying · Maaseik · since 2016
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · Brussel · since 1990
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Ichtegem · since 1997
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Abbreviation of VISUAL DATA SYSTEMS · Pepingen · since 2011
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Clavier · since 2012
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Vermogensbeheer · Schilde · since 2009
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Abbreviation of VIS-Vicky-Independent Society · Office administrative and support services · Huy · since 2021
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Mol · since 2021
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Mechelen · since 2011
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Zottegem · since 2003
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Retail sale of electrical household appliances · Antwerpen · since 2003
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Name of an establishment of VISUCOM - De Paepe Jan · Other publishing activities, excluding software publishing · Berlare · since 2019
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2020
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Abbreviation of ADVISUM PARTNERS · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Brussel · since 2021
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · since 1995
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Activities of interior architects · since 2009
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Jabbeke · since 2010
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2022
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Overige activiteiten op het gebied van architectuur, n.e.g. · since 2025
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of THE R'S · Freight transport by road · Anderlecht · since 2019
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Brussel · since 2008
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Diest · since 1980