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.
“VODEC”
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
22 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Edegem · since 2022
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Retail sale of games and toys · Halle · since 1986
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Overijse · since 1996
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Abbreviation of Association for European Cooperation, Development and Communication · Other membership organisations · Retie · since 2015
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Urban planning and landscape architecture · Olen · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Consultancy & Development Clinckers · Activities of holding companies · Duffel · since 2017
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Activities of holding companies · Anzegem · since 2018
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Agents and brokers in banking services · Huldenberg · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Electrical installation work in industrial facilities · Maaseik · since 2021
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Nivelles · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Kuurne · since 2022
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Vermogensbeheer · Knokke-Heist · since 2023
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Izegem · since 2011
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General construction of residential buildings · Charleroi · since 2004
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Personenvervoer over zee- en kustwateren · since 2023
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN ORAL AND DENTAL EDUCATION CENTER · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2007
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Business and other management consultancy · Overijse · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Hooglede · since 2025
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Activities of head offices · Heuvelland · since 2026
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Abbreviation of VAL D'OR REAL ESTATE COMPANY I · Hoeilaart · since 1991
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Logistics services · Evere · since 2002
Names that resemble it 4 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Graphic design and visual communication · Zaventem · since 2018
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Dinant · since 2011
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Abbreviation of Vrije Omroep Diest · Diest · since 1988
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Advertising agencies · Rixensart · since 2000