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.
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
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of VLAAMSE AMATEURMUZIEKORGANISATIE · Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Gent · since 2001
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General construction of residential buildings · Grimbergen · since 2022
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Other sports activities · Heuvelland · since 2012
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Business and other management consultancy · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Ramillies · since 2016
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Diksmuide · since 2026
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Vervaardiging van ander technisch en industrieel textiel · Hamont-Achel · since 1987
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Office administrative and support services · Lanaken · since 1996
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Business and other management consultancy · Zulte · since 2015
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Office administrative and support services · Péruwelz · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Vlaams Monitorenbureau · Eeklo · since 1992
Names that resemble it 31 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Vlaams Centrum voor Agro- en Visserijmarketing · Advertising agencies · Brussel · since 1994
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Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified · since 2025
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Other education · since 2024
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Abbreviation of VLAAMSE METAALFEDERATIE VOOR DE KMO · Activities of professional membership organisations · Brussel · since 1949
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Abbreviation of Vlaams Ziekenfonds Antwerpen · Antwerpen · since 1979
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Abbreviation of VLAMEX Community · Gent · since 1994
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Mol · since 2000
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Vervaardiging van gedistilleerde dranken door distilleren, rectificeren en mengen · since 2026
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Joinery installation · Hooglede · since 2024
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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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Elsene · since 1992
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Groothandel in machines, werktuigen en toebehoren voor de landbouw · Tielt · since 1995
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2017
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Event catering · since 2022
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Brussel · since 2024
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Manufacture of beer · Ingelmunster · since 2026
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Wingene · since 1974
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Name of an establishment · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Brasschaat · since 2017
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Jabbeke · since 2025
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Productie van televisieprogramma's · Eeklo · since 2004
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Abbreviation of VOX LUMINIS AMICI · Namur · since 2015
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Roofing work · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2018
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2019