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.
“VM ART”
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
18 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2018
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Activities of building architects · Brussel · since 2020
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Activities of building architects · since 2018
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Brasschaat · since 2020
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Kortrijk · since 1990
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Vervaardiging van spellen en speelgoed · Kontich · since 1992
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Name of an establishment · Roofing work · Saint-Ghislain · since 1995
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Activities of holding companies · Hasselt · since 2013
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Diest · since 2017
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Schaarbeek · since 2020
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Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · since 2022
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Handel in elektriciteit · since 2017
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Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · since 2018
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Retail sale of household furniture · Sint-Laureins · since 2025
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Activities of lawyers · Harelbeke · since 2025
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Ukkel · since 2018
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Site preparation · since 2019
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Name of an establishment · Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Incourt · since 2004
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of SM EpiCURA ATH · Other specialised construction activities · Charleroi · since 2018
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General electrical installation work · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 1968
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Abbreviation of VASTGOED MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATIE · Buying and selling of own real estate · Schoten · since 1988
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Abbreviation of Vlerick Marketing Alumni · Gent · since 1989
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Business and other management consultancy · Malmedy · since 2013
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Abbreviation of Vandoorslaert médecine aiguë · Specialist medical practice · Waterloo · since 2015
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Abbreviation of VMA AFFUTAGE · Machining of metals · Blégny · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Vie Meilleure en Afrique · Vorst · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Van Melkebeke Advocatenkantoor · Activities of lawyers · Gent · since 2020
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Abbreviation of VISION MUSIQUE · Uitgeverijen van muziekopnamen · Liège · since 2023
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Machining of metals · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Roeselare · since 2020
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General construction of residential buildings · Nandrin · since 2022
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Vilvoorde · since 2026
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Maasmechelen · since 1993
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Literary creation · since 2016
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Plastering work · Heusden-Zolder · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of Lijstjestijd · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Sint-Niklaas · since 2019
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Finishing of textiles · since 2020
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Literary creation · since 2022
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2009
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 2019
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Knokke-Heist · since 2024