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.
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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 Vlaamse Vereniging voor Dierenbescherming · Other membership organisations · Aarschot · since 1975
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Abbreviation of Vlaamse Vereniging Dorpsbelangen · Business and other management consultancy · Haaltert · since 2013
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Abbreviation of Vincent Van den Branden CV · Activities of holding companies · Zandhoven · since 2019
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Sound recording · Grobbendonk · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2021
Names that resemble it 54 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Schrijn- en Timmerwerken V.D.B. · Joinery installation · Hamme (Vl.) · since 1983
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Abbreviation of VAN DEN BROECK · Painting of buildings · Aalst · since 1988
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Abbreviation of Vlaamse Vereniging Danspedagogen · Antwerpen · since 1987
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Affligem · since 1995
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Freight transport by road · Le Roeulx · since 1998
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Abbreviation of VLAAMSE DEMOCRATISCHE BELANGEN · Vilvoorde · since 2001
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Retie · since 2001
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Business and other management consultancy · Ranst · since 2003
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Other business support services · Zulte · since 2012
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Removal services · since 1992
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Abbreviation of VERVOER DISTRIBUTIE BRANDSTOFFEN · Freight transport by road · Dilbeek · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of VANDERSMISSEN GERT · Retail sale of pets, pet food and pet supplies · Meerhout · since 2015
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Site preparation · since 1992
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Urban planning and landscape architecture · since 1995
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Abbreviation of Van den Bruel Consulting · Business and other management consultancy · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2019
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2019
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Landscape service activities · since 2017
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Handelsbemiddeling in de groothandel in landbouwgrondstoffen, levende dieren en textielgrondstoffen en halffabricaten · Maldegem · since 2020
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Freight transport by road · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Kasterlee · since 2022
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Freight transport by road · Weiswampach · since 2022
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2023
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2022
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Abbreviation of VDB Workspace · Other business support services · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of Celis Management · Activities of head offices · Sint-Truiden · since 2003
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2004
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Abbreviation of VERENIGING VLAAMSE DRANKHANDELAARS · Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Essen · since 2007
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Nursing and midwifery · Saint-Georges-sur-Meuse · since 2024
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Maarkedal · since 2024
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · since 2024
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Activities of holding companies · Kortenberg · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Vereniging voor Dierenopvangcentra · Other membership organisations · Dendermonde · since 2024
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Zonnebeke · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Vovinam Viet Vo Dao Développement · Awans · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Vlaamse Vereniging voor Duitse Herdershonden · Other personal services · Gistel · since 1974
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Abbreviation of Vereniging voor Vreemdelingenverkeer Dilsen Stokkem · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 1975
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Abbreviation of Vlaamse Vereniging Duitse Korthaar · Malle · since 1983
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Abbreviation of Vilvoduikersclub · Vilvoorde · since 1991
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Event catering · Brasschaat · since 2013
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Zemst · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Vrienden van de gezelligheid · Oudenaarde · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Vrienden Van De Muziek · Other amusement and recreation activities · Zemst · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Vlaamse Vereniging van Deskundigen in de Oplossingsgerichte cognitieve en systemische Therapie, Opvoedkunde en Coaching · Other educational support services · Brugge · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Vrienden van de Verdi · Hulshout · since 2017
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Ronse · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Vrienden van de Opera · Aalst · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Vrienden van de Ooievaarsmolen · Brakel · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Vrienden van D'Hoeve · Erpe-Mere · since 2024
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Abbreviation of VOVINAM VIET VO DAO EVOLUTION · Awans · since 2025
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Cafés and bars · Avelgem · since 2025
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Plastering work · Zemst · since 2022
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Abbreviation of VANDEBROEK INTERIEUR · Joinery installation · Hasselt · since 1976
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Abbreviation of Vrouwen van de Toekomst in vereffening · Genk · since 1995