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.
“VOLKS”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Gent · since 2015
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Other building finishing work · Landen · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Vereniging van Oudleerlingen van het Koninklijk Atheneum Schoten · Schoten · since 1980
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2005
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Repair and maintenance of computers and communication equipment · Zaventem · since 2022
Names that resemble it 36 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Graphic design and visual communication · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Boom · since 1925
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General electrical installation work · since 2025
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Cafés and bars · Rumst · since 1968
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Name of an establishment of VERBROEDERING · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Hemiksem · since 1920
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Denderleeuw · since 1961
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Edegem · since 1924
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Cafés and bars · Nieuwpoort · since 2015
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Cafés and bars · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · since 1987
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Full-service restaurants · since 2001
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Full-service restaurants
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Full-service restaurants · since 1996
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Cafés and bars · since 2010
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Anderlecht · since 2010
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Vervaardiging van gereedschap, muv vormkasten en gietvormen · since 1976
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Name of an establishment of AsterX Consult · Cafés and bars · Aartselaar · since 2025
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Gent · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of Stad Brugge · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Brugge · since 1899
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Name of an establishment of Dimensa Woonmaatschappij · General construction of residential buildings · Gent · since 1928
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Lier · since 1927
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Name of an establishment of APOTHEEK CANNAERT · Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Brugge · since 2002
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Wolfsburg · since 1937
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Full-service restaurants
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WOLFSBURG · since 1995
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Algemeen welzijnswerk met huisvesting · Hasselt · since 1946
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Grimbergen · since 1950
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Zwevegem · since 1920
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Gent · since 1890
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Joinery installation · Berlaar · since 2015
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Destelbergen · since 1894
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Gent · since 2021
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since 1934
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Gent · since 1993
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Name of an establishment of BELGIUM NEW CONCEPTS · Full-service restaurants · Bonheiden · since 1994
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Cafés and bars · since 2018