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.
“VLI”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of Vereniging van de Leden van Integrale · since 2016
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Development of residential building projects · Jodoigne · since 2006
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Activities of holding companies · Ravels · since 2024
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Activities of holding companies · Chimay · since 2024
Names that resemble it 34 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of holding companies · Gerpinnes · since 1982
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Abbreviation of VLAAMS INSTITUUT VOOR DE ZEE · Other research and development on natural sciences · Oostende · since 1999
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Business and other management consultancy · Schilde · since 2015
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Real estate agency activities · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2017
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Abbreviation of VAN LOMMEL INVESTMENT COMPANY · Business and other management consultancy · Westerlo · since 2010
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Abbreviation of Vlaamse Indoorkarting Federatie · Mechelen · since 2006
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Business and other management consultancy · Destelbergen · since 2007
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Abbreviation of VLAAMSE LEERKRACHTEN ISLAM ONDERWIJS · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Activities of lawyers · Diest · since 2026
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Assenede · since 1993
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Abbreviation of Vlaams Instituut voor Nascholing van Apothekers · Leuven · since 1996
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2025
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · since 2016
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Brecht · since 2021
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Other education · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Destelbergen · since 2011
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2005
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Joinery installation · Deinze · since 2006
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Abbreviation of VASTGOEDADVIES LAUWERS · Real estate agency activities · Turnhout · since 2000
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Abbreviation of VENTURELABS · Hasselt · since 2013
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Abbreviation of Vriendenkring Lucerna · Anderlecht · since 2014
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Abbreviation of VAN LAER · Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · Lier · since 2014
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Grez-Doiceau · since 2021
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Other business support services · Heusden-Zolder · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Van der Leeuw · Bouw van civieltechnische werken voor vloeistoffen, n.e.g. · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Abbreviation of vie longue · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2009
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Site preparation · since 2009
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Abbreviation of Voie Lactée · Raising of sheep and goats · Grez-Doiceau · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Varendonk Leeft · Laakdal · since 2025
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Activiteiten op het gebied van de distributie van films en video’s · since 2025
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Kortrijk · since 1992
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2010
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Diest · since 1993