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.
“Vaveo”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Overige bemiddeling in en beheer van onroerend goed voor een vast bedrag of op contractbasis, n.e.g. · Harelbeke · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of Compass Group Belgium · Contract catering and other food service activities · Machelen (Brab.) · since 1971
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Groothandel in kranten, boeken en tijdschriften · Deinze · since 1978
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Elsene · since 1984
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Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 2020
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Abbreviation of VALEO Management · Business and other management consultancy · Sprimont · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of Arne Schonkeren · Physiotherapy · Oostende · since 2024
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Charleroi · since 1980
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Liège · since 2023
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of lawyers · Turnhout · since 2015
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Deinze · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Vlaamse Architektenvereniging · Antwerpen · since 1950
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Abbreviation of VLAAMS ARTSENVERBOND · Antwerpen · since 1970
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Abbreviation of Vlaamse Aikido Vereniging · Activiteiten van vechtsportclubs · Evergem · since 1979
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Abbreviation of Vlaamse Amateur Vliegtuigbouwers · Malle · since 1984
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Abbreviation of VILVOORDSE AQUARIUMVRIENDEN · Vilvoorde · since 1992
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Abbreviation of VIDI AUDI VICI · Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2013
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Cafés and bars · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2015
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Abbreviation of VEOWARE · Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Vertavie · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Brugge · since 2023
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Zedelgem · since 2009
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Luxembourg 1118 · since 1993
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Nursing and midwifery · Zoutleeuw · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Vlaams-Arabische Vereniging · Gent · since 1981