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Name check

Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“VREE”

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

4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • VREE same name
    Ichtegem · since 1985
  • Manufacture of jewellery · since 2021
  • de vree very similar
    Vervaardiging van optische instrumenten, magnetische en optische dragers en fotografische apparatuur · Herenthout · since 2011
  • J DE VREE very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Name of an establishment of Werkhuizen Jos de Vrée · Antwerpen · since 1964
Names that resemble it 7 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • V.R.E. similar
    Abbreviation of Vriendenkring van de Rijksmuziekacademie Etterbeek · Etterbeek · since 1975
  • VRE similar
    General medical practice · Beerse · since 2015
  • VRE similar
    Abbreviation of Verschueren Real Estate · Real estate agency activities · Beerse · since 2017
  • VrED similar
    Abbreviation of Vriendenkring Eke Dorp · Exploitatie van culturele centra en multifunctionele zalen ten behoeve van culturele activiteiten · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 1998
  • V.R.E.M. similar
    Name of an establishment of VYTA REAL ESTATE · Real estate agency activities · Zandhoven · since 2018
  • VreeWijs similar
    Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · Evergem · since 2025
  • VREEDEHOF similar
    Full-service restaurants · Waasmunster · since 1998

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