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.
“Vesting”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Gent · since 2017
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Activities of holding companies · Attert · since 2022
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Vermogensbeheer · Lo-Reninge · since 2011
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General construction of residential buildings · Lennik · since 2022
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Abbreviation of BBC Vesting Denderleeuw · Advertising agencies · Denderleeuw · since 2021
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Cafés and bars · since 2025
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Koksijde · since 1988
Names that resemble it 44 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of holding companies · Zedelgem · since 2020
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Antwerpen · since 1987
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Kontich · since 1989
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Zandhoven · since 2016
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Vermogensbeheer · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2021
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of Artfashion · Vervaardiging van kleding van leer en van bont · Hulshout · since 2014
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Leuven · since 1985
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Namur · since 1989
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Business and other management consultancy · Bornem · since 2002
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2014
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Paris · since 2018
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 1989
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Retail sale of household furniture · since 2003
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Groothandel in overig textiel · Schoten · since 2009
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Hasselt · since 2011
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Etterbeek · since 2025
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Joinery installation · Merksplas · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · since 2004
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2007
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Activities of notaries · Tielt · since 2023
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Genappe · since 1999
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Business and other management consultancy · Middelkerke · since 2001
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Reykjavik, · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · Namur · since 2021
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Activiteiten van slachthuizen · Asse · since 2022
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Activities of head offices · Wevelgem · since 2007
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Activities of holding companies · Kaprijke · since 2024
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Office administrative and support services · Staden · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of The Sting België · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Antwerpen · since 1996
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Detailhandel in herenbovenkleding · Namur · since 2012
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Gent · since 2013
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General electrical installation work · Bornem · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of NUYENS · Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2014
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Nivelles · since 2016
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Event catering · Rijkevorsel · since 2023
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Maaseik · since 2024
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Ukkel · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · Mechelen · since 2025
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Other financial services · Deinze · since 2022
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Oostrozebeke · since 1989
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2021
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Ecaussinnes · since 2024