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.
“VLIMA”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Joinery installation · Deinze · since 2006
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Aalter · since 2017
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Other business support services · Lier · since 2021
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Hulshout · since 2023
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2004
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Computer programming · Roeselare · since 2026
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General electrical installation work · Stekene · since 2012
Names that resemble it 35 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 VLAAMSE IMMOBILIENMAATSCHAPPIJ · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Vilvoorde · since 1986
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Wholesale of timber · Harelbeke · since 1988
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Activities of head offices · Antwerpen · since 1993
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Abbreviation of VLAAMSE IMMOBILIEN · Real estate agency activities · Oudsbergen · since 1998
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Other construction installation · Genappe · since 2021
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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
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Maaseik · since 1992
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Aalter · since 2021
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Kasterlee · since 2022
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Antwerpen · since 1991
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Pig breeding farms · Hechtel-Eksel · since 1995
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Business and other management consultancy · Bekkevoort · since 1996
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Wichelen · since 2002
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 2013
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Name of an establishment · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Diepenbeek · since 2016
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Real estate agency activities · since 2017
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Vermogensbeheer · Begijnendijk · since 2014
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1994
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Full-service restaurants · Saint-Ghislain · since 2019
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Urban planning and landscape architecture · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2021
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Name of an establishment · Activities of holding companies · Lummen · since 2021
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Name of an establishment · Other business support services · Zoersel · since 2022
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Joinery installation · Waasmunster · since 2009
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Jodoigne · since 2009
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Abbreviation of LIJF IN METROPOLIS ARCHITECTENVENNOOTSCHAP · Activities of building architects · Antwerpen · since 2003
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Name of an establishment · Other business support services · Oosterzele · since 2024
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2025
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · since 2026
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2010
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Other business support services · Genk · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of ROSEMARY · Activities of holding companies · since 2022