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.
“Vanmil”
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.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Geetbets · since 1968
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Anderlecht · since 2018
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Plumbing work · Nivelles · since 1990
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Raising of dairy cattle · Grobbendonk · since 2002
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Name of an establishment of JOBYOURSELF COOP · Office administrative and support services · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2003
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Activities of holding companies · Roeselare · since 2014
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2017
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · since 2009
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General electrical installation work · Oudsbergen · since 2012
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Advertising agencies · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2026
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Geetbets · since 2024
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Halle · since 1991
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2008
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Service activities incidental to land transportation · since 2026
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Kortemark · since 1986
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Abbreviation of VANTAGE MARKET CONSTRUCTION · Keerbergen · since 1988
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General construction of residential buildings · Waregem · since 2019
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Mixed farming · Oud-Turnhout · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Turnhout · since 1993
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Office administrative and support services · Anzegem · since 2021
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General construction of residential buildings · Dilbeek · since 2025
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Welkenraedt · since 1984
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Liège · since 1990
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of MAYBELLE · Retail sale of other household articles · Gent · since 2015
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Nursing and midwifery · Linter · since 2017
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Book publishing · Huldenberg · since 2018
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Other business support services · Wemmel · since 2019
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Activities of lawyers · Kortrijk · since 2025
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General construction of residential buildings · Aalst · since 2026
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Vermogensbeheer · Meise · since 2010
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General electrical installation work · since 2022
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Activiteiten op het gebied van logopedie · since 2024
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Other education · since 2026
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Manufacture of imitation jewellery and related articles · since 2020
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Vervaardiging van carrosserieën voor motorvoertuigen · Gent · since 2021