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.
“VIVOX”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vervaardiging van andere tanks, reservoirs en bergingsmiddelen, van metaal · Harelbeke · since 1989
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Oud-Turnhout · since 1981
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2017
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Development of residential building projects · Zonhoven · since 2021
Names that resemble it 30 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Brussel · since 1959
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Abbreviation of Vlaams Instituut voor Volkskunst · Brussel · since 1943
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Abbreviation of Vlaams Instituut Vastgoed Opleiding · Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 1996
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Abbreviation of VLAAMS INSTITUUT VOOR VORMING EN OPLEIDING IN DE SOCIAL PROFIT · Other social work without accommodation · Brussel · since 1999
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of PHINAROM · Full-service restaurants · Namur · since 2017
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Hairdressing and barber services · Brugge · since 2020
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Vermogensbeheer · Knokke-Heist · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of ViVo TECH · Other specialised construction activities · Mol · since 2010
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Activities of holding companies · Schilde · since 2024
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Metz · since 2024
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2025
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Abbreviation of VERENIGING ISLAMITISCHE VOORLICHTING · Hasselt · since 1992
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Abbreviation of VLAAMSE ORGANISATIE VOOR INTERNATIONALE VOLKSSPORTEN · Other membership organisations · Gent · since 2001
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Activities of holding companies · Boechout · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Vox Musica · Roeselare · since 2015
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Psychology services · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Verbinding in Veerkracht · Other education · Boutersem · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Verbinding in Verlies · Psychology services · Tienen · since 2018
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Bierbeek · since 2019
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Activities of head offices · Poperinge · since 2021
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Abbreviation of VOX IMMO · Real estate agency activities · Wavre · since 2021
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Kruisem · since 2021
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Verhuur en exploitatie van sociale woningen · Aalst · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of COMPTOIR DES RESSOURCES CREATIVES · Visual arts creation · Liège · since 2008
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Abbreviation of VAN IN VASTGOED · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Herentals · since 2025
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Landscape service activities · Ichtegem · since 2026
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Veterinary services · Mortsel · since 2022
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Nursing and midwifery · Haacht · since 2010
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Market research and public opinion polling · Leuven · since 2004