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.
“VVO”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
-
Antwerpen · since 1985
-
Detailhandel in vis en schaal- en weekdieren · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2011
-
Abbreviation of VOETBAL VERENIGING VEGISTEN OOSTENDE · Bredene · since 2014
-
Activities of lawyers · Wemmel · since 2011
Names that resemble it 30 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
-
Abbreviation of Vlaamse Vereniging voor Obstetrie en Gynaecologie · Activities of business and employers' organisations · Sint-Niklaas · since 1968
-
Abbreviation of Vereniging voor Openbaar Groen · Verenigingen op het vlak van ziektepreventie en gezondheidsbevordering · Antwerpen · since 1974
-
Abbreviation of Vriendenkring van de Basisschool van het Gemeenschapsonderwijs-d'Oefenschool · Blankenberge · since 1977
-
Verenigingen op het vlak van ontwikkelingssamenwerking · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1982
-
Abbreviation of Vereniging van Vlaamse Operatieverpleegkundigen · Kortrijk · since 1983
-
Abbreviation of VLAAMSE VERENIGING VOOR OUDERS VAN COUVEUSEKINDEREN · Detailhandel in boeken · Leuven · since 1987
-
Business and other management consultancy · Herent · since 2001
-
Abbreviation of Vlaamse Vereniging voor Omgevingsrecht · Other business support services · Gent · since 2006
-
Abbreviation of Vlaamse Vereniging Voor Orofaciale Kinesitherapie · Physiotherapy · Mortsel · since 2025
-
Abbreviation of VLAAMSE VERENIGING VOOR OUD EN HEDENDAAGS TEXTIEL · Ranst · since 1990
-
Other education · since 2021
-
Abbreviation of Volksontwikkeling · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 1946
-
Abbreviation of VETESVERMEULEN · Veterinary services · Ath · since 2001
-
Abbreviation of VOGELBESCHERMING VLAANDEREN · Other retail sale of new goods · Antwerpen · since 2002
-
Activities of interior architects · since 2013
-
Abbreviation of Les Vaillantes Ollignoises · Jurbise · since 2014
-
General cleaning of buildings · Antwerpen · since 2016
-
Cafés and bars · Knokke-Heist · since 2018
-
Buying and selling of own real estate · Londerzeel · since 2019
-
Abbreviation of Villa Vremde · Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Boechout · since 2020
-
Abbreviation of Vreedzaam Verbonden · Voeren · since 2023
-
Abbreviation of VOETBAL VLAANDEREN · Activiteiten van overige balsportclubs · Grimbergen · since 2008
-
Abbreviation of VIA VENETO · Algemeen welzijnswerk zonder huisvesting · Antwerpen · since 2009
-
Abbreviation of Vermaak en ontspanning · Other amusement and recreation activities · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2005
-
Trade name of Vandenhove - Vrydag · Business and other management consultancy · Lokeren · since 2007
-
Abbreviation of Virtus Ventures · Other business support services · Antwerpen · since 2025
-
Abbreviation of Vogelvriend · Retail sale of pets, pet food and pet supplies · Londerzeel · since 2026
-
Abbreviation of Verband von Vereinigungen für gegenseitige Betriebshilfe · Leuven · since 1967
-
Abbreviation of Vereniging van Vlaamse onafhankelijke Televisieproducenten · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1991
-
Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Liège · since 2016