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.
“Vanex”
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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Joinery installation · Balen · since 2025
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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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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2026
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Roeselare · since 1991
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Other business support services · Wemmel · since 2019
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Kruisem · since 2005
Names that resemble it 48 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Bertem · since 2018
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Joinery installation · Vorst · since 2014
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Activities of holding companies · since 2021
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General construction of residential buildings · Halsteren · since 2022
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Ieper · since 2006
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Waregem · since 2025
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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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Elsene · since 1977
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Gent · since 1988
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Etterbeek · since 1995
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Amsterdam · since 1996
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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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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Overijse · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Pompes funèbres Van Ees begrafenissen · Funeral services · Jette · since 2022
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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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Manufacture of jewellery · Rumst · since 2025
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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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Dental practice · Poperinge · since 1998
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Varkensvetmesterijen · since 1998
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Specialist medical practice · since 2007
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2024
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Advertising agencies · since 2026
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Weven van textiel · Deinze · since 1975
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Name of an establishment of IJZERMAGAZIJN VAN EYCK · Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Leuven · since 1985
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Bewerken van diamant · Vorselaar · since 1986
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Name of an establishment · Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Herselt · since 1995
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Name of an establishment of GERLU · Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Aartselaar · since 1999
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Teelt van andere boomvruchten, kleinfruit en noten · Overijse · since 2015
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Dilbeek · since 2018
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Oudsbergen · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Lichtervelde · since 2021
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Other business support services · Roeselare · since 2022
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Stabroek · since 2011
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Riemst · since 2004
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Business and other management consultancy · Kalmthout · since 2025
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Other information service activities · Hoogstraten · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Vorst · since 2025
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General electrical installation work · Herstal · since 2025
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Bernissart · since 1968