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.
“VLATI”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Liège · since 2002
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Aalter · since 2023
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Walhain · since 2016
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 2019
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General construction of residential buildings · Antwerpen · since 2008
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Computer programming · since 2026
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Detailhandel in tapijten en andere vloerbedekking en wandbekleding · Sint-Laureins · since 1983
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Abbreviation of VLAAMS TRAM- EN AUTOBUSMUSEUM · Antwerpen · since 1999
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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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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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Full-service restaurants · Rumst · since 2019
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Abbreviation of VOX LUMINIS AMICI · Namur · since 2015