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.
“Vangold”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Tienen · since 2016
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General construction of residential buildings · Ramillies · since 2004
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Abbreviation of ANGLO AMERICAINE GOLD INVESTMENT COMPANY LIMITED · Johannesburg · since 1977
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Business and other management consultancy · Mouscron · since 2002
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Verenigingen op het vlak van ziektepreventie en gezondheidsbevordering · Brecht · since 2025
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Other education · since 2025
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Wholesale of other household goods · Waregem · since 1994
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Sint-Niklaas · since 2019
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Groothandel in sport- en kampeerartikelen, met uitzondering van fietsen · Schaarbeek · since 1968
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Name of an establishment of ITY · Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Antwerpen · since 1999
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Business and other management consultancy · Kontich · since 1999
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Genk · since 1984
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Nursing and midwifery · Vosselaar · since 1990
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Full-service restaurants · Middelkerke · since 1996
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Varkensvetmesterijen · Plombières · since 1996
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2001
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Geel · since 2015
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Cutting, shaping and finishing of stone · since 1994
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Manufacture of jewellery · since 2006
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Vermogensbeheer · Beerse · since 2006
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Lochristi · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of Horeca 38 · Cafés and bars · Hasselt · since 2006
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since 2008
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Ravels · since 2001
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Kasterlee · since 2004
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Activities of head offices · Temse · since 2007
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Business and other management consultancy · Kasterlee · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Lede · since 2026
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Antwerpen · since 1991