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.
“Van Kelecom”
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
20 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Mixed farming · Hoegaarden · since 2014
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Mixed farming · Pepingen · since 2014
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Activities of building architects · since 2022
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Cafés and bars · Mechelen · since 2023
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since 1999
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2018
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since 2019
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Mixed farming · since 2021
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Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified · since 2004
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Removal services · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2010
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since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2019
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 1999
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 1992
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Groothandel in levende dieren, muv levend vee · since 2020
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Lubbeek · since 2020
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Activities of lawyers · Beringen · since 2008
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Plumbing work · Lennik · since 2024
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Lennik · since 1982
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Abbreviation of VANDERVEKEN MEDICAL COMMUNICATION · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Jodoigne · since 2001
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Mixed farming · Bierbeek · since 2012
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · since 2024
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Zandhoven · since 2000
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Bierbeek · since 2019
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Ganshoren · since 1988
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2014
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Cafés and bars · since 1988
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Bierbeek · since 2009
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Dental practice · Lennik · since 2008
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Business and other management consultancy · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2026
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General electrical installation work · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2004
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Elsene · since 2007
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Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · Nivelles · since 1974