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.
“VOLENS”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Diksmuide · since 2011
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Elsene · since 1996
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2022
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Other legal services · Roeselare · since 2025
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General construction of residential buildings · Oudergem · since 1983
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Mixed farming · Pajottegem · since 1987
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Ciney · since 2003
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General cleaning of buildings · since 2017
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Wervik · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of KA & VO · Event catering · Antwerpen · since 2006
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Niklaas · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of STULTJENS GROUP · Activities of holding companies · Sint-Truiden · since 1999
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2017
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · since 2016
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Bocholt · since 2021
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2023
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of &steels, architectenvennootschap · Activities of building architects · Gent · since 2007
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Turnhout · since 2013
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Arendonk · since 2018
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Mortsel · since 1983
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Name of an establishment of HAINAUT TANKING · Wholesale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products · Saint-Ghislain · since 1994
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Employment placement agencies · Antwerpen · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of Didier Lens · Insurance agents and brokers · Mortsel · since 2015
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Kapellen · since 2017
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Boutersem · since 2008
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Mechelen · since 2025