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.
“Vanram”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · Oostkamp · since 1990
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Jette · since 2004
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Celles (lez-Tournai) · since 2024
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Cutting, shaping and finishing of stone · Lommel · since 1987
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Business and other management consultancy · Izegem · since 2002
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Activities of holding companies · Wichelen · since 2009
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Cafés and bars · Herentals · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2024
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of VAN RAAK BENZINESTATIONS · Wholesale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products · Ravels · since 1983
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2020
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Ondersteunende diensten in verband met de bosbouw · since 2022
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Wervik · since 2010
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2024
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Maldegem · since 2003
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Raising of dairy cattle · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 1993
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Bouw van water- en gasdistributienetten · Berlare · since 2025
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General construction of residential buildings · Jalhay · since 2002
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Edegem · since 2015
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2019
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Groothandel in machines, werktuigen en toebehoren voor de landbouw · Rixensart · since 1983
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Meerhout · since 1987
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Office administrative and support services · De Haan · since 1993
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Niet-gespecialiseerde groothandel in niet-diepgevroren voedingsmiddelen, dranken en genotmiddelen · Asse · since 1997
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Detailhandel in tapijten en andere vloerbedekking en wandbekleding · Maldegem · since 2014
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Advertising agencies · since 2015
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Vermogensbeheer · Izegem · since 2011
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Landscape service activities · Avelgem · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Zulte · since 2009
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · DONCESTER · since 2005
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2005
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Full-service restaurants · De Haan · since 2007
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Roofing work · since 2025