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Compared with the KBO register · free

Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector.

“VLEK”

An active company already has this name

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Same or very similar names

3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • VLEK same name
    Abbreviation of VLAAMSE EVENEMENTEN KALENDER · Gent · since 2002
  • VLEK same name
    Sound recording · Ukkel · since 2012
  • DE VLEK very similar
    Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Merelbeke-Melle · since 1993
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Vleko similar
    Hasselt · since 1968
  • V.L.E. similar
    Dental practice · Enghien · since 1997
  • V.L.E. similar
    Abbreviation of VIRTÙ Lex Ethos · Activities of lawyers · Ukkel · since 2020
  • VLEM similar
    Abbreviation of Vereniging van Leraren in de Economische Wetenschappen · As · since 1977
  • VLEB similar
    Abbreviation of VLAAMS EIGENDOMS BEHEER · Aalst · since 2001
  • Sole trader similar
    Performing arts by independent artists · since 2015
  • VLeP similar
    Abbreviation of Vlaams Leerlingen Parlement · Holsbeek · since 2021
  • VLEM similar
    Specialist medical practice · Oosterzele · since 2006
  • VLEC similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Heusden-Zolder · since 2023
  • VL ED similar
    Abbreviation of VUKANA LABEL · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2026
  • Sole trader similar
    General electrical installation work · since 2022
  • Sole trader similar
    Other cleaning activities · since 2023
  • VLE similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of AMERICAN ENERGY TECHNOLOGY BELGIUM I · since 1979
  • VLEA similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2025

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

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