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.
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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of Vic. Van Rompuy · Wholesale of machine tools · Lier · since 1969
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Abbreviation of Vlaamse Ardennen Radio Omroep · Oudenaarde · since 1981
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Performing arts by independent artists · Boortmeerbeek · since 1999
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Torhout · since 2000
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Wholesale of live animals · Herselt · since 2001
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Middelkerke · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Herent · since 2022
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Insurance agents and brokers · Lummen · since 2010
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Sambreville · since 2010
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2023
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Bever · since 2000
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Verhuur en exploitatie van terreinen · Roeselare · since 2023
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Activities of holding companies · Genk · since 2021
Names that resemble it 37 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Haaltert · since 1992
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Kasterlee · since 1997
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Rijkevorsel · since 1999
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Overige accommodatie · Gent · since 2019
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General construction of residential buildings · Dilbeek · since 2010
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Machining of metals · Pelt · since 2007
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Fitness centres · Opwijk · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of VAMARO OPVOLGERS · Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Zele · since 1975
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Abbreviation of VLAAMSE AUDIOVISUELE REGIE · Advertising agencies · Zaventem · since 1990
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Knokke-Heist · since 1991
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Insurance agents and brokers · Genk · since 1992
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Wetteren · since 1993
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Pig breeding farms · Staden · since 1996
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Sint-Niklaas · since 1998
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Abbreviation of GROUPE VICTOAR · Other tax advisory services · Chaudfontaine · since 2002
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Vermogensbeheer · Ternat · since 2019
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Activities of holding companies · Pelt · since 2020
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Joinery installation · Herk-de-Stad · since 2020
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Brecht · since 2021
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Edegem · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Maldegem · since 2009
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · since 1975
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Fitness centres · Geel · since 2025
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Construction of roads and motorways · Zaventem · since 2026
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Manufacture of outerwear · Saint-Léger (Lux.) · since 1965
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Plumbing work · Berlaar · since 1974
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Zottegem · since 1982
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Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Diest · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of Various Projects · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Bonheiden · since 2015
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Name of an establishment · Buying and selling of own real estate · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2015
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Name of an establishment · Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Zoersel · since 2016
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Joinery installation · since 2003
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Haaltert · since 2022
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Horebeke · since 2026
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Name of an establishment · Business and other management consultancy · Aalst · since 2015
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Trade name of VANREYTEN-STALS · Bree · since 1984
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Antwerpen · since 2016