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.
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
35 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Name of an establishment of Stad Lo-Reninge · Afvalwaterafvoer · Lo-Reninge · since 1977
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Tervuren · since 1960
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Abbreviation of Vereniging voor Vreemdelingenverkeer · Koksijde · since 1956
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Abbreviation of Vlaamse Voetbalvereniging · Diest · since 1978
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Abbreviation of Verzekeringsbemiddelaars Vlaanderen · Gent · since 1973
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Chaudfontaine · since 1990
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Abbreviation of Vereniging voor Verkeersveiligheid · Driving schools for cars and motorcycles · Schelle · since 1995
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Abbreviation of Vlaamse Veehandelaars en Vleesproducenten · since 1994
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Abbreviation of VRIJE VERENIGDE VRIENDEN VZW · Schilde · since 2012
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Abbreviation of GITSE WANDELCLUB VOETJE VOOR VOETJE VZW · Full-service restaurants · Hooglede · since 2013
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Abbreviation of VERENIGING VLAAMSE VISVEILINGEN · Business and other management consultancy · Brugge · since 2014
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Landscape service activities · since 2016
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Vermogensbeheer · Kortrijk · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Vereniging Verbouwde Voertuigen · Wevelgem · since 2019
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Other education · since 2020
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Abbreviation of vvv architecture urbanisme · Activities of building architects · Brussel · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Vivre au Val Verdoyant · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 2022
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Turnhout · since 2005
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Abbreviation of VROUWEN VOOR VROUWEN · since 2006
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Abbreviation of Vrienden Van Vonk · Oud-Turnhout · since 2025
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Abbreviation of VRIENDEN VAN HET VOLKSCAFE · Brussel · since 2026
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Abbreviation of VERENIGING VAN VLAAMSE VLIEGVISSERS · Hoogstraten · since 1996
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Abbreviation of VIDE VENE VIDI VICI · Other legal services · Aalst · since 2006
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Abbreviation of VETESVERMEULEN · Veterinary services · Ath · since 2001
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Abbreviation of VOGELBESCHERMING VLAANDEREN · Other retail sale of new goods · Antwerpen · since 2002
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General cleaning of buildings · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Cafés and bars · Knokke-Heist · since 2018
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Londerzeel · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Villa Vremde · Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Boechout · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Vreedzaam Verbonden · Voeren · since 2023
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Abbreviation of VOETBAL VLAANDEREN · Activiteiten van overige balsportclubs · Grimbergen · since 2008
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Abbreviation of VIA VENETO · Algemeen welzijnswerk zonder huisvesting · Antwerpen · since 2009
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Trade name of Vandenhove - Vrydag · Business and other management consultancy · Lokeren · since 2007
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Abbreviation of Virtus Ventures · Other business support services · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Vogelvriend · Retail sale of pets, pet food and pet supplies · Londerzeel · since 2026
Names that resemble it 8 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Federale Overheidsdienst Volksgezondheid, Veiligheid van de Voedselketen en Leefmilieu · Federale overheid · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2001
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Name of an establishment of VLAAMSE ACTIEVE SENIOREN · Verenigingen en bewegingen voor volwassenen · Antwerpen · since 1972
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Abbreviation of Vereniging voor Vreemdelingenverkeer Dilsen Stokkem · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 1975
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Abbreviation of Vlaamse Vereniging van Verpleegkundigen Spoedgevallenzorg · Aalst · since 1981
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Abbreviation of VANLAER VERA VERZORGING AAN HUIS · Glabbeek · since 1998
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Abbreviation of VOETBAL VERENIGING VEGISTEN OOSTENDE · Bredene · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Voisins & Vrienden van Vandergoten · Brussel · since 2024
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Oudenaarde · since 2025