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.
“VVDS”
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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Event catering · Brasschaat · since 2013
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Zemst · since 2014
Names that resemble it 59 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of VLAAMSE DIENST SPEELPLEINWERK · Socio-cultural adult education · Mechelen · since 1971
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Other tax advisory services · Brakel · since 1980
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Abbreviation of Vlaamse Vereniging Danspedagogen · Antwerpen · since 1987
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Beerse · since 1989
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Abbreviation of VERMEULEN DISTRIBUTION SERVICE · Groothandel in machines, werktuigen en toebehoren voor de landbouw · Yvoir · since 1990
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Abbreviation of KIME · Other non-specialised retail sale · Opwijk · since 1991
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Vervaardiging van veevoeders · Deerlijk · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of VDS - Services · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Asse · since 1991
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Freight transport by road · Oudenaarde · since 1992
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Business and other management consultancy · Staden · since 1998
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Abbreviation of Geert VANDERSTUKKEN · Business and other management consultancy · Schoten · since 1999
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Insulation installation · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2012
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Hairdressing and barber services · Aalter · since 2013
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2014
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Vervaardiging van deuren en vensters van kunststof · since 1992
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Business and other management consultancy · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2015
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Abbreviation of scheelzien.org · Oudergem · since 2017
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Urban planning and landscape architecture · since 2018
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General electrical installation work · since 2021
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Elsene · since 2018
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Abbreviation of VERMEULEN DE SMET · General construction of residential buildings · Ninove · since 2018
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Roofing work · Hasselt · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Vertical Dance School · since 2019
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General cleaning of buildings · Ichtegem · since 2019
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Psychology services · Antwerpen · since 2020
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General medical practice · Mol · since 2023
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Other education · since 2008
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Abbreviation of VENTS DU SUD · Production of electricity from non-renewable sources · Arlon · since 2012
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Zele · since 2006
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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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Removal services · Asse · since 2007
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Full-service restaurants · Stekene · since 2008
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2026
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General construction of other non-residential buildings · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Vereniging voor Dierenopvangcentra · Other membership organisations · Dendermonde · since 2024
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Insurance agents and brokers · Bornem · 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 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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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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Sound recording · Grobbendonk · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Vrienden van het Druivenstok Kruis · Retail sale of souvenirs and religious articles · Wommelgem · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Vlaamse Dienst Speelpleinwerk · Meise · since 1994
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Bricklaying and masonry work · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Vrouwen van de Toekomst in vereffening · Genk · since 1995