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.
“VOBA”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vermogensbeheer · Sint-Niklaas · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Enghien · since 2017
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2017
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Zelzate · since 2019
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Abbreviation of VERENIGING VOOR HET ONDERWIJS IN DE BIOLOGIE, DE MILIEULEER EN DE GEZONDHIEDSEDUCATIE · Brussel · since 1977
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Abbreviation of Vroegtijdige Opsporing Brugge · Verenigingen op het vlak van ziektepreventie en gezondheidsbevordering · Brugge · since 1995
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Abbreviation of Korfbalvereniging VOBAKO Lichtaart · Cafés and bars · Kasterlee · since 1997
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Name of an establishment of Asbest Inventarisatie VOB · Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Torhout · since 2023
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Abbreviation of van ons bomma · Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Tielt-Winge · since 2011
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Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2006
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Abbreviation of Vrij Onderwijs Blankenberge-Wenduine · Subsidised independent mainstream primary education · Blankenberge · since 1983
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Abbreviation of Vicariaat Onderwijs Bisdom Brugge · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Brugge · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Verenigde Organisaties Beeldkunst · Activities of professional membership organisations · Brussel · since 2003
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Abbreviation of VERENIGING VAN OOSTVLAAMSE BASKETSCHEIDSRECHTERS · Evergem · since 2005
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2025
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Other financial services · Sint-Niklaas · since 2025
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Other financial services · Sint-Niklaas · since 2025
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Antwerpen · since 1949