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.
“VLABO”
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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Wholesale of wines and spirits · Anderlecht · since 1982
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Development of non-residential building projects · Brugge · since 1990
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Name of an establishment · Other tax advisory services · Oudenaarde · since 1988
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Veere · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of Vlaamse Computer Componenten · Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 1992
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Abbreviation of VLAAMSE AMATEURMUZIEKORGANISATIE · Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Gent · since 2001
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Gent · since 2025
Names that resemble it 26 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Vlaams Bodemsaneringsfonds voor de Textielverzorging · Sanering en ander afvalbeheer · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of Tijdelijke Maatschap W+B - A+E · Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Other specialised construction activities · Gent · since 2008
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Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2011
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Abbreviation of Vereniging Leraars Aardrijkskunde · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1976
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Abbreviation of Vlaamse Luchtakademie · Grimbergen · since 1992
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Abbreviation of Vereniging van Limburgse Auteurs · Hasselt · since 1993
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Other business support services · since 2024
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Raising of horses and other equines · Vorst · since 2022
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Abbreviation of société d'avocat Valérie Landes · Activities of lawyers · Brussel · since 2006
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Activities of holding companies · Chaudfontaine · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Van Laethem Advies · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Ternat · since 2025
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Groothandel in machines, werktuigen en toebehoren voor de landbouw · Tielt · since 1995
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Abbreviation of VLAAMSE WEGENBOUWERS · Activities of professional membership organisations · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1998
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Other specialised construction activities · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of LABO-Laboureur · Bouw van bruggen en tunnels · Bièvre · since 1988
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Tongeren-Borgloon · since 1989
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Brussel · since 2002
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Abbreviation of Leren Ageren, Bewegen en Organiseren · Other membership organisations · Gent · since 2013
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Vermogensbeheer · Hamont-Achel · since 2016
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Londerzeel · since 2021
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Abbreviation of LABO PLUS · Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2010
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Site preparation · since 1981
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Elsene · since 2006
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Abbreviation of La Bande Originale · Advertising agencies · Liège · since 2026
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Abbreviation of VOX LUMINIS AMICI · Namur · since 2015