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.
“VLS ANTWERP”
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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Logistics services · Antwerpen · since 1978
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Other building finishing work · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Wijnegem · since 1935
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Abbreviation of The Mission to Seafarers in Antwerp · Kapellen · since 1925
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Logistics services · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of SIR PLANTIN HOTEL · Hotels and similar accommodation · Antwerpen · since 2010
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Investigation and private security services · Antwerpen · since 2006
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2022
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Groothandel in uurwerken en sieraden · Antwerpen · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of Inchcape Belgium Retail · Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Zaventem · since 1968
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Abbreviation of Lucy's Antwerp - YWCA VZW · Socio-cultural adult education · Antwerpen · since 1986
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Abbreviation of VLAAMS ARTSENSYNDICAAT-AFDELING ANTWERPEN-LIMBURG EN VLAAMS-BRABANT · Activiteiten van vakbonden · Antwerpen · since 1998
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Freight transport by road · since 2018
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2020
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 2023
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General construction of residential buildings · Kapellen · since 2023
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Vervaardiging van overige kleding en toebehoren, n.e.g. · Antwerpen · since 1985
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Detailhandel in tabaksproducten · Waregem · since 2019
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Elsene · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Development of residential building projects · Brasschaat · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of 18 · Detailhandel in overig textiel · Knokke-Heist · since 2009
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Tourist information services · since 2024
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1987
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Full-service restaurants · Schilde · since 2019
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2020