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.
“VOTA”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Aalter · since 1999
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Business and other management consultancy · Vorselaar · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2013
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Nutrition and dietetics services · Lier · since 2013
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Vermogensbeheer · Riemst · since 2015
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Literary creation · since 2010
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Activities of head offices · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2008
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Elsene · since 1968
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Gent · since 1995
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Abbreviation of Vrij Ourodenbergs Toneel · Aarschot · since 1996
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Abbreviation of Vrienden van de oost-vlaamse trekpaardfokkers · Equestrian clubs · Temse · since 2020
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Elsene · since 2026
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Abbreviation of VLAAMSE ONAFHANKELIJKE TELEVISIE-FACILITAIRE BEDRIJVEN · Vilvoorde · since 1999
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Physiotherapy · Nivelles · since 2023
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Brussel · since 1990
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Business and other management consultancy · Maldegem · since 2017
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Activities of lawyers · Affligem · since 2018
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Retail sale of antiques · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2009
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Hoegaarden · since 2014
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Other building finishing work · Gingelom · since 2006