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.
“Vatan”
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
19 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Brussel · since 1987
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Schaarbeek · since 2002
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Gent · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of LIERSEHOEK · Activiteiten van loterijen en kansspelen · Brussel · since 2014
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Other business support services · since 2026
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Schaarbeek · since 1995
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Beringen · since 1979
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Mechelen · since 2022
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Zele · since 2022
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Other business support services · Kapellen · since 2020
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Gent · since 2024
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2025
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Advertising agencies · since 2025
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General electrical installation work · since 2022
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Oostende · since 1929
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Meise · since 1987
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Braine-le-Château · since 2016
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Medical imaging and medical laboratories · Herentals · since 2023
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Thuin · since 2023
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1987
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1988
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Groothandel in tabaksproducten · Brussel · since 2017
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Vervaardiging van overige producten van metaal, n.e.g. · since 2023
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Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1989
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Grobbendonk · since 2003
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Abbreviation of VITESS'KE - GROUPE A.T. · Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Brussel · since 1964
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Gent · since 1989
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Elsene · since 1998
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Anderlecht · since 2003
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Abbreviation of Voerens Amateur Toneel · Voeren · since 2019
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of Van Autrève - Tack · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Zulte · since 2020
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Abbreviation of VRIJZINNIG ANTWERPS TREFPUNT · Antwerpen · since 2010
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Abbreviation of THE VITUS ASSOCIATION TOGO · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2010
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Other business support services · Elsene · since 2025
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Activities of lawyers · Zwevegem · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Gistel · since 2000
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Vermogensbeheer · since 2021
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Zaventem · since 1988
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 2019