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.
“Vanevan”
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.
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Elsene · since 1977
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Manufacture of jewellery · Rumst · since 2025
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Office administrative and support services · Edegem · since 2012
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Ledegem · since 2011
Names that resemble it 52 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Gent · since 1989
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Elsene · since 1998
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Anderlecht · since 2003
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Bertem · since 2018
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Brugge · since 1993
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Braine-le-Château · since 2016
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Landscape service activities · Huldenberg · since 2020
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Freight transport by road · Asse · since 2020
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Geraardsbergen · since 2021
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Other construction installation · since 2023
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Activities of interior architects · since 2003
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · Evere · since 2004
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Abbreviation of Dr Eric THIRY - Docteur en médecine · Specialist medical practice · Liège · since 2004
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2008
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2024
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Joinery installation · Balen · since 2025
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Genk · since 2025
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2026
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since 1995
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2014
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Other specialised construction activities · Schoten · since 1955
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Wholesale of timber · Gistel · since 1975
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Gent · since 1988
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Luxembourg · since 1985
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Etterbeek · since 1995
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Amsterdam · since 1996
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Lommel · since 1997
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Vervaardiging van hydraulische en pneumatische apparatuur · Menen · since 1997
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Knokke-Heist · since 2014
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of MAYBELLE · Retail sale of other household articles · Gent · since 2015
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Screed work · Nijlen · since 2015
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Site preparation · Brunehaut · since 2016
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Other information technology and computer services · Tubize · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of HEMLOCK MANAGEMENTS · Other amusement and recreation activities · Riemst · since 2020
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · since 1987
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2021
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Freight transport by road · Vilvoorde · since 2021
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Overijse · since 2021
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Beersel · since 2011
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Physiotherapy · Poperinge · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Pompes funèbres Van Ees begrafenissen · Funeral services · Jette · since 2022
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Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2022
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Nursing and midwifery · Houthulst · since 2011
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2006
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Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2007
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Vervaardiging van artikelen van beton voor de bouw · Mons · since 2007
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Overijse · since 2024
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Bernissart · since 1968
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Vervaardiging van kleding van leer en van bont · Ronse · since 2017
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Vervaardiging van carrosserieën voor motorvoertuigen · Gent · since 2021