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.
“VanTosh”
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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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Antwerpen · since 2010
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Evere · since 2023
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Putte · since 1988
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General cleaning of buildings · Jette · since 2014
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · Ieper · since 2017
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Vocational training · Moorslede · since 2025
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2021
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General construction of residential buildings · Drogenbos · since 2022
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Manufacture of jewellery · since 2007
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Joinery installation · since 2006
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Kortenberg · since 1992
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Brugge · since 1992
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Landscape service activities · Roeselare · since 2001
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General electrical installation work · since 2003
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General electrical installation work · Blankenberge · since 2017
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Other specialised construction activities · Gent · since 2021
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Post-production of films, video and television programmes · Brugge · since 2010
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Leuven · since 1990
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Deerlijk · since 2020
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · Roeselare · since 2023
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Varkensvetmesterijen · Ardooie · since 2010
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Groothandel in vis en schaal- en weekdieren · Antwerpen · since 1988