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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.

“VdB-IT”

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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.

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  • 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

30 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • VdB-IT same name
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Ternat · since 2017
  • VDB-ICT very similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Mechelen · since 2011
  • V.D.B. very similar
    Abbreviation of Schrijn- en Timmerwerken V.D.B. · Joinery installation · Hamme (Vl.) · since 1983
  • V.d.b. very similar
    Abbreviation of VAN DEN BROECK · Painting of buildings · Aalst · since 1988
  • VDB very similar
    Affligem · since 1995
  • V.D.B. very similar
    Freight transport by road · Le Roeulx · since 1998
  • VDB very similar
    Abbreviation of VLAAMSE DEMOCRATISCHE BELANGEN · Vilvoorde · since 2001
  • VDB very similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Retie · since 2001
  • VDB very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Ranst · since 2003
  • VDB very similar
    Other business support services · Zulte · since 2012
  • VDB (sole trader) very similar
    Removal services · since 1992
  • VDB very similar
    Abbreviation of VERVOER DISTRIBUTIE BRANDSTOFFEN · Freight transport by road · Dilbeek · since 2013
  • V.D.B. very similar
    Name of an establishment of VANDERSMISSEN GERT · Retail sale of pets, pet food and pet supplies · Meerhout · since 2015
  • VDB (sole trader) very similar
    Site preparation · since 1992
  • Urban planning and landscape architecture · since 1995
  • VDB very similar
    Abbreviation of Van den Bruel Consulting · Business and other management consultancy · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2019
  • VDB (sole trader) very similar
    Photography, excluding press photography · since 2019
  • VDB (sole trader) very similar
    Landscape service activities · since 2017
  • VDB very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Kasterlee · since 2022
  • V.D.B. very similar
    Freight transport by road · Weiswampach · since 2022
  • VDB (sole trader) very similar
    Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2023
  • VDB (sole trader) very similar
    General construction of residential buildings · since 2022
  • VDB very similar
    Abbreviation of VDB Workspace · Other business support services · Antwerpen · since 2022
  • VDB (sole trader) very similar
    Non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2004
  • VdB very similar
    Nursing and midwifery · Saint-Georges-sur-Meuse · since 2024
  • VDB very similar
    Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Maarkedal · since 2024
  • VDB (sole trader) very similar
    Organisation of conventions and trade shows · since 2024
  • VDB very similar
    Activities of holding companies · Kortenberg · since 2024
  • VDB very similar
    Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Zonnebeke · since 2025
  • VDB very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Abbreviation of VANDEBROEK INTERIEUR · Joinery installation · Hasselt · since 1976
Names that resemble it 6 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • VDBIKE similar
    Retail sale of bicycles · Kortrijk · since 2020
  • VD-B similar
    Handelsbemiddeling in de groothandel in landbouwgrondstoffen, levende dieren en textielgrondstoffen en halffabricaten · Maldegem · since 2020
  • VD.B similar
    Freight transport by road · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2020
  • VDB.immo similar
    Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · Maasmechelen · since 1996
  • VDB IMMO similar
    Buying and selling of own real estate · Ieper · since 2023
  • DBIT similar
    Name of an establishment · Computer programming · Bonheiden · since 1997

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