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Compared with the KBO register · free

Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector.

“VRTS”

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.

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Same or very similar names

2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • VRTS same name
    Vocational training · Oudergem · since 2009
  • Sole trader same name
    General electrical installation work · since 2021
Names that resemble it 8 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • VRT similar
    Abbreviation of De Vlaamse Radio- en Televisieomroeporganisatie · Samenstellen en uitzenden van televisieprogramma’s en distributie van video’s · Schaarbeek · since 1991
  • V.R.T. similar
    Abbreviation of VAN RAAK TRANSPORT · Freight transport by road · Ravels · since 1996
  • VRT similar
    Abbreviation of VEULEMANS RALLY TEAM · Glabbeek · since 2000
  • VRT similar
    Lommel · since 2003
  • VRTO similar
    Abbreviation of Virga-Radio & Televisie-Omroep · Hasselt · since 1986
  • VRTT similar
    Abbreviation of VAPE ROYALE TOBACCO TRADING · DUBAI · since 2022
  • GV-RTS similar
    Plumbing work · Bredene · since 2025
  • VRT similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of VALENTE RECYCLING & TRANSPORT · since 2021

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

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