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Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“Vanhee, Sam”

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

12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Vanhee, Sam (sole trader) same name
    Other business support services · since 2019
  • Vanhee, Sam (sole trader) same name
    Mixed farming · since 2022
  • Van Hees, An (sole trader) very similar
    Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · since 2024
  • VAN HEES very similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Kalmthout · since 1992
  • VANHEES (sole trader) very similar
    Plastering work · since 2013
  • Van Hees very similar
    Activities of holding companies · Putte · since 2012
  • Van Hees very similar
    Handelsbemiddeling in de groothandel in landbouwgrondstoffen, levende dieren en textielgrondstoffen en halffabricaten · Kasterlee · since 2004
  • VANHEES very similar
    Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Zoutleeuw · since 2008
  • Vanhees, Ann (sole trader) very similar
    since 1990
  • VANHEES ANN very similar
    Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Diepenbeek · since 2005
  • VANHEE very similar
    Mixed farming · Nieuwpoort · since 2014
  • VANHEES very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    since 1985
Names that resemble it 51 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.

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