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.
“Vilan”
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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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Ronse · since 2022
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Hairdressing and barber services · Stabroek · since 2011
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2014
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Real estate agency activities · Kortrijk · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Vereniging van Vietnamese Intellectuelen in België en Luxemburg · Mol · since 2025
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Retail sale of household furniture · Aalst · since 2017
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Londerzeel · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of CHABAL · Full-service restaurants · Charleroi · since 2022
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Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2008
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Wetteren · since 1985
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Antwerpen · since 1989
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Activities of holding companies · Lanaken · since 2022
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Overige bemiddeling in en beheer van onroerend goed voor een vast bedrag of op contractbasis, n.e.g. · Mechelen · since 2026
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Knokke-Heist · since 1988
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Wholesale of wines and spirits · since 2001
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Literary creation · since 2024
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Detailhandel in kledingaccessoires · Gent · since 1964
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Abbreviation of VITICULTEURS DU LANGUEDOC ROUSSILLON SA · Perpignan · since 1995
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Leopoldsburg · since 2003
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Other business support services · Antwerpen · since 2003
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2014
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Wholesale of live animals · Geel · since 1988
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Vervaardiging van overige machines en apparaten voor algemeen gebruik, n.e.g. · Roeselare · since 2003
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Geel · since 2013
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · since 2013
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since 2019
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · Lokeren · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · De Panne · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Flémalle · since 2023
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General medical practice · since 1994
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Painting of buildings · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Computer programming · Kampenhout · since 2025