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.
“VMS II”
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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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Abbreviation of VETO-MEDICO-SERVICE · Wholesale of other food products · Lierneux · since 1984
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Haacht · since 1986
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Abbreviation of VANDECRUYS MANAGEMENT · Business and other management consultancy · Schoten · since 1991
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Abbreviation of Veilig Mobil - MobilitE et SEcuritE · Schaarbeek · since 1993
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Abbreviation of Vande Moortel Services · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Gent · since 2000
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Detailhandel in zuivelproducten en eieren · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2000
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Abbreviation of Vlaamse Moto Signaalgevers · Erpe-Mere · since 2012
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Abbreviation of VIROINVAL Motor Sport · Viroinval · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Veteranen, Militairen en Sympatisanten Ternat · Ternat · since 2018
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Physiotherapy · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2021
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Abbreviation of VASTGOED MATTHIAS SAM · Buying and selling of own real estate · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2016
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Abbreviation of VERVLIET MANAGEMENT SUPPORT · Business and other management consultancy · Willebroek · since 2009
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Abbreviation of VLAAMS MEDISCH STUDIEBUREEL MARIËN · Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2004
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Activities of holding companies · Schilde · since 2005
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Abbreviation of VLAAMS MULTISERVICE · Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · Wetteren · since 2025
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2026