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.
“VOTEC”
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
17 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Electrical installation work in industrial facilities · Maaseik · since 2021
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Groothandel in machines voor de textielindustrie en in naai- en breimachines · Reusel · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of VO-TECH Consulting · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Ninove · since 2023
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Ukkel · since 2012
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Vervaardiging van overige geconfectioneerde artikelen van textiel, muv kleding · Kuurne · since 2006
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Oosterzele · since 2024
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Antwerpen · since 2000
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Painting of buildings · since 2015
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NC Kerkrade · since 2016
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Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2018
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Reparatie en onderhoud van civiele lucht- en ruimtevaartuigen · since 2022
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General electrical installation work · Dessel · since 2023
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Plumbing work · Kontich · since 2008
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Logistics services · Maasmechelen · since 2012
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Ellezelles · since 2026
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Other cleaning activities · Brugge · since 2026
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General electrical installation work · since 2026
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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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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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Antwerpen · since 1974
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Vervaardiging van platen, vellen, buizen en profielen van kunststof · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 1981
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · Geraardsbergen · since 1991
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General electrical installation work · Waregem · since 1993
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Name of an establishment of VACOM VACUUM COMPONENTS & METROLOGY · Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Brecht · since 1994
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Groothandel in machines voor de textielindustrie en in naai- en breimachines · Alveringem · since 1996
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Vilvoorde · since 1998
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2001
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Wholesale of machine tools · Kapellen · since 2003
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Zoersel · since 2016
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Groothandel in ijzerwaren · Hasselt · since 2016
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Staden · since 2017
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Glabbeek · since 2020
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Other specialised construction activities · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2021
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Turnhout · since 2011
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Electrical installation work in industrial facilities · Genk · since 2024
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Beringen · since 2016
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Dendermonde · since 2010
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Waregem · since 2025
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Name of an establishment · Other information service activities · Zulte · since 2022
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Other specialised construction activities · Mol · since 2010
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Construction of roads and motorways · Nazareth · since 1975