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.
“VOCE”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Photography, excluding press photography · Gent · since 2021
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Translation services · Kortenberg · since 2005
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Gent · since 1995
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Braine-le-Château · since 1990
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Vlaams Overlegcentrum voor Etnisch-Culturele Minderheden · Brussel · since 1998
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Joinery installation · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Vrijzinnig Ontmoetingscentrum · Anderlecht · since 1979
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Abbreviation of Vlaamse Old-Timer Club · Zottegem · since 1990
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Abbreviation of VERENIGING ONAFHANKELIJKE CHAMPIGNONTELERS · Wholesale of fruit and vegetables, excluding potatoes · Pittem · since 1997
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Ranst · since 2021
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Rotterdam · since 1977
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Abbreviation of Vereniging voor Onderzoek van Caudiciforme Sukkulenten - Society for Research of Caudiciform Succulents · Antwerpen · since 1988
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Logistics services · Wuustwezel · since 2015
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Vermogensbeheer · Overijse · since 2020
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Activiteiten op het gebied van logopedie · Gent · since 2022
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1971
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Abbreviation of Vulcan Owners Club Belgium · Tremelo · since 2005
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Antwerpen · since 2016
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Sound recording · since 2017