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
20 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Reproductie van opgenomen media · Antwerpen · since 2002
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Abbreviation of VIDA PROJECTS · Buying and selling of own real estate · Kapellen · since 2017
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General construction of residential buildings · Kapellen · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Liège · since 2020
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Diest · since 2022
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Nieuwpoort · since 2005
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Abbreviation of ViDa - VIvre DAbord asbl · Oupeye · since 2025
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Manufacture of jewellery · since 2026
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Abbreviation of VANDEGINSTE INTERIEUR DESIGN ARCHITECTUUR · Aalter · since 1965
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Activiteiten van dagcentra voor volwassenen met een mentale handicap, met inbegrip van ambulante hulpverlening · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · since 2016
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Vocational training · Court-Saint-Etienne · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · Kapelle-op-den-Bos · since 2017
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Other human health activities · since 2025
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Other personal services · since 2016
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Gent · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Bornem · since 2020
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Knokke-Heist · since 2024
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Charleroi · since 2019
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Psychology services · since 2022
Names that resemble it 35 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 1988
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2018
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RIJEN · since 2020
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Ukkel · since 2020
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Psychology services · since 2021
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Kraainem · since 2023
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Oostende · since 2023
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · Leuven · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2004
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Liège · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Vilvoordse Dansclub · Other education · Zemst · since 2023
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Vorst · since 2024
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 1985
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Vermogensbeheer · Aalter · since 2013
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Retail sale of household furniture · since 2020
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Retail sale of lighting equipment · Liège · since 2010
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Luyksgestel · since 2005
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Gent · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of Algemene Aannemingen Vanhove · Freight transport by road · Kortenaken · since 2010
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Abbreviation of Vespa-ID · Sint-Truiden · since 2011
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Nursing and midwifery · Grâce-Hollogne · since 2011
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Nursing and midwifery · Ans · since 2023
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Productie van televisiefilms · since 2025
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Deinze · since 1982
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Agents and brokers in banking services · Aalter · since 2016
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2018
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Sports and recreation education · since 2022
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Cafés and bars · Wemmel · since 2021
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Nursing and midwifery · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2023
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Other cleaning activities · Seneffe · since 2008
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2011
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Full-service restaurants · Bredene · since 2023
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Other postal and courier activities · Jemeppe-sur-Sambre · since 2025
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Tienen · since 1973
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Floor and wall tiling · Pajottegem · since 2014