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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.

“VRODAN”

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

11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • VRODAN same name
    Cafés and bars · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 1996
  • VERODAN very similar
    Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Brussel · since 2000
  • RODAN very similar
    Name of an establishment of WIM KRIJGER( NEDERLAND) · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Nisse · since 1993
  • RODAN very similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Sint-Niklaas · since 1995
  • VODAN very similar
    Abbreviation of Value-Driven Ownership of Data and Accessibility Network · Verenigingen op het vlak van ontwikkelingssamenwerking · Brussel · since 2020
  • PRODAN very similar
    Hasselt · since 1985
  • ERODAN very similar
    Retail sale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Hasselt · since 2014
  • ARODAN very similar
    Activities of building architects · Poperinge · since 2015
  • Site preparation · since 2019
  • General electrical installation work · since 2013
  • VROMAN very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Machining of metals · Mouscron · since 1984
Names that resemble it 2 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • VRODES similar
    Full-service restaurants · Kortrijk · since 2011
  • ODAN similar
    Activities of holding companies · Asse · since 1997

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