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.
“VLAN”
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Raising of dairy cattle · Diksmuide · since 2025
Names that resemble it 39 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Mechelen · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Vereniging Leraars Aardrijkskunde · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1976
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Abbreviation of Vlaams Nationaal Centrum Merksem · Antwerpen · since 1982
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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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Abbreviation of VERENIGING LAGERE AFDELING NOORD OOST BRABANT · Begijnendijk · since 2003
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Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · Zaventem · since 2014
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Roeselare · since 2016
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Liège · since 2011
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Vervaardiging van gedistilleerde dranken door distilleren, rectificeren en mengen · 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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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2026
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Abbreviation of JEUGDDIENST PANTA RHEI · Youth work associations · Lennik · since 1986
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · since 2008
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Opwijk · since 1975
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Abbreviation of VERENIGING LIMBURGSE AUTOMATERIALEN -GROSSIERS · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1985
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Abbreviation of VLAAMSE TRADITIONELE SPORTEN · Activiteiten van sportbonden en -federaties · Brugge · since 1988
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Abbreviation of Stichting Vlaamse Schoolhoofden · Oud-Turnhout · since 1991
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Abbreviation of Vlaams Centrum voor Agro- en Visserijmarketing · Advertising agencies · Brussel · since 1994
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Abbreviation of Vlaamse Stomaverpleegkundigen · Activities of professional membership organisations · Aarschot · since 1995
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Abbreviation of VLAAMS - AFRIKAANSE KONNEKTIE · Antwerpen · since 1997
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Abbreviation of Vlaams Archeologencollectief · Zottegem · since 2015
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Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified · since 2025
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 2017
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General electrical installation work · Dilbeek · since 2018
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Literary creation · since 2018
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2020
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Plumbing work · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Vlaamse lange afstand ruiters · Equestrian clubs · Tielt · since 2010
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Abbreviation of Vliegen Leon Advies en Implementatie · Activities of holding companies · Hasselt · since 2011
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Other education · since 2024
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Other building finishing work · since 2026
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Deinze · since 2014
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General construction of other non-residential buildings · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2007
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Kortrijk · since 1979
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Abbreviation of VOX LUMINIS AMICI · Namur · since 2015