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.
“VPM”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of VANDENBERGH PROJECT MANAGEMENT · Development of residential building projects · Balen · since 2002
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Abbreviation of Vanrooy Property Management · Real estate agency activities · Boechout · since 2023
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Essen · since 2006
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Other business support services · Ieper · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Zoersel · since 2020
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Van Parijs Management Services · Business and other management consultancy · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2013
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Zottegem · since 2020
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Aarschot · since 2011
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Specialist medical practice · Menen · since 2025
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Abbreviation of VPPLUS · Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Houffalize · since 1990
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Nursing and midwifery · Hasselt · since 1992
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Abbreviation of Het Vlaams Paard · Research and development on biotechnology · Roeselare · since 1999
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Abbreviation of VIE PARALLÈLES · Book publishing · Elsene · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Value Partners · Development of residential building projects · Edegem · since 2015
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Advertising agencies · since 2016
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Abbreviation of VISITES PARTICULIERES · Brussel · since 2018
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Other business support services · since 2018
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Hasselt · since 2009
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Abbreviation of Vue Partagée · Retail sale of chocolate and confectionery · Soumagne · since 2011
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Antwerpen · since 2012
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Abbreviation of Vakantiepatronaat Aan den Berg · Hechtel-Eksel · since 2006
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Abbreviation of VIVES PARTNERS · Activiteiten van geldmarkt- en niet-geldmarktbeleggingsfondsen · Wavre · since 2024