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.
“VOK”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Service activities incidental to land transportation · Sint-Niklaas · since 2016
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Putte · since 2017
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Vriendenkring en Oudervereniging van het Koninklijk Atheneum · Ieper · since 1961
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Abbreviation of VOKA - VLAAMS NETWERK VAN ONDERNEMINGEN · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Brussel · since 1973
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Event catering · Sint-Niklaas · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Vlaamse Vereniging Voor Orofaciale Kinesitherapie · Physiotherapy · Mortsel · since 2025
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Activities of lawyers · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Leuven · since 2025
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Other education · since 2026
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Schilde · since 1994
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Abbreviation of Leersteuncentrum Voorkempen Antwerpen-Noord · Brasschaat · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Volksontwikkeling · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 1946
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Activities of interior architects · since 2013
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Abbreviation of Les Vaillantes Ollignoises · Jurbise · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Vermaak en ontspanning · Other amusement and recreation activities · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2005
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Abbreviation of Les volets ou'verts · Wasseiges · since 2007
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Abbreviation of Vlaams Overlegorgaan Kankerstichting · Drogenbos · since 1988
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2019
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Brugge · since 2010
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Liège · since 2016