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.
“VRAC”
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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Retail sale of beverages, general range · Tournai · since 2023
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Blégny · since 2019
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2021
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since 2001
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Rochefort · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of VERS UN RESEAU D'ACHAT EN COMMUN BRUXELLES · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2022
Names that resemble it 25 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Vrij Radio Aarschot · Uitzenden van radioprogramma’s en distributie van audio · Aarschot · since 1981
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Abbreviation of Vlaamse Rijkunst Academie · Zaventem · since 1993
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Abbreviation of Vlaamse Raad van Autobus- en Autocarondernemers en van reisorganisatoren · Activities of business and employers' organisations · Brussel · since 1994
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Abbreviation of VAN ROEY AUTOMATION · Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Turnhout · since 1996
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Abbreviation of VLAAMSE RADIO AMATEURS · Waregem · since 1998
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Full-service restaurants · Vilvoorde · since 2003
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Abbreviation of VAN REMOORTERE ACCOUNTING · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Kontich · since 2019
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Abbreviation of VERBUYST ROBIN AGRITECHNICS · Support activities for crop production · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of VAN RYSSELBERGHE ALAIN · Joinery installation · Wetteren · since 2006
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Vereniging ter Bevorderingen van de Recreatieve Autosport voor Mindervaliden · Schoten · since 1984
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Wholesale of fruit and vegetables, excluding potatoes · since 2015
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Elsene · since 2015
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Walcourt · since 2009
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Roofing work · since 2024
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2024
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Photography, excluding press photography · Ternat · since 2025
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Vermogensbeheer · Bornem · since 2025
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Walcourt · since 1994
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Abbreviation of ZUID WEST - VLAAMSE RADIO AMATEUR CLUB · Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · Zonnebeke · since 1986
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2022
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Gent · since 1956
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Abbreviation of Vrije Radio Atlantico · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 1982
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Name of an establishment of EKICASTOU · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Soignies · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of EKIMANIVELLES · Other retail sale of food · Nivelles · since 2017