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.
“VVDM”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of Vrienden Van De Muziek · Other amusement and recreation activities · Zemst · since 2015
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Cafés and bars · Avelgem · since 2025
Names that resemble it 60 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Merelbeke-Melle · since 1983
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Abbreviation of VAN DER MEER DROGEHAM · Drogeham · since 1986
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Abbreviation of VEREINIGTE DEUTSCHE METALLWERKE AG · Frankfurt · since 1986
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Abbreviation of Vlaamse Vereniging Danspedagogen · Antwerpen · since 1987
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Abbreviation of VERKOOPZAAL DIRK MARTENS · Day spas, saunas and steam baths · Erpe-Mere · since 1989
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Abbreviation of VANDAELE MACHINERY · Groothandel in machines, werktuigen en toebehoren voor de landbouw · Oostrozebeke · since 1991
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Logistics services · Mont-Saint-Guibert · since 1992
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General electrical installation work · Beerse · since 1993
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Frasnes-lez-Anvaing · since 1998
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Abbreviation of VAN DURME-MICHIELS · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Oosterzele · since 2000
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Philippeville · since 2001
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Abbreviation of JVDM · Logistics services · Brasschaat · since 2003
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General construction of residential buildings · Ichtegem · since 2013
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Other postal and courier activities · since 2013
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Bosbouw en bosbouwactiviteiten · since 2014
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Algemeen onderhoud en reparatie van overige motorvoertuigen (> 3,5 ton) · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Van der Mast · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Aalter · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Van Derton Management · Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Vignoble du Dieu des Monts · Teelt van druiven · Leuze-en-Hainaut · since 2018
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Gent · since 2017
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Forging of metal · since 2023
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Abbreviation of ELECTRO VDM · General electrical installation work · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Retail sale of household furniture · since 2009
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Tournai · since 2009
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Abbreviation of Véronique Denis Management · Full-service restaurants · Knokke-Heist · since 2010
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Activities of holding companies · Aubel · since 2012
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Abbreviation of La Vitrine des Métier · Wavre · since 2004
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Abbreviation of VOIE DE MESSE · Business and other management consultancy · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 2004
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2004
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Raising of horses and other equines · Sint-Niklaas · since 2005
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Peer · since 2005
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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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Office administrative and support services · Kortrijk · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Van Duyse Management · Business and other management consultancy · Dendermonde · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Vétérans de Mons · Mons · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Vereniging voor Dierenopvangcentra · Other membership organisations · Dendermonde · since 2024
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Vovinam Viet Vo Dao Développement · Awans · since 2025
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Cafés and bars · Maldegem · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Vlaamse Vereniging voor Duitse Herdershonden · Other personal services · Gistel · since 1974
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Abbreviation of Vlaamse Vereniging voor Dierenbescherming · Other membership organisations · Aarschot · since 1975
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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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Abbreviation of Vlaamse Vereniging Dorpsbelangen · Business and other management consultancy · Haaltert · since 2013
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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 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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Sound recording · Grobbendonk · since 2026
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Abbreviation of DE VRIENDEN VAN DE MISTRAL DENDERLEEUW · Denderleeuw · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Entreprise Générale VANDERMIEGE · General construction of residential buildings · Floreffe · since 1984
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Abbreviation of Vrouwen van de Toekomst in vereffening · Genk · since 1995