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Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“Vostec”

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

9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Vostec same name
    Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2018
  • VOSTEX very similar
    Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Dilbeek · since 1987
  • VOTEC very similar
    Electrical installation work in industrial facilities · Maaseik · since 2021
  • OSTEC very similar
    Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Leuven · since 2008
  • Voltec very similar
    NC Kerkrade · since 2016
  • Reparatie en onderhoud van consumentenelektronica · since 1995
  • Vol-Tec very similar
    General electrical installation work · Dessel · since 2023
  • VOJTEC very similar
    Plumbing work · Kontich · since 2008
  • General electrical installation work · since 2026
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Vosters similar
    Abbreviation of Tissot Interieurbouw Nederland · Apeldoorn · since 1980
  • Vosters similar
    Abbreviation of Vosters Buldozerverhuurbedrijf · Lage Mierde · since 1980
  • VOSTERS similar
    Production of electricity from non-renewable sources · Herentals · since 2011
  • Vost similar
    Physiotherapy · Sint-Niklaas · since 2026
  • VOS TECHNICS similar
    Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · Herk-de-Stad · since 2014
  • Support activities for crop production · since 2012
  • Nursing and midwifery · since 2025
  • VOS-Testelt similar
    Abbreviation of VRIENDENKRING OUDSTRIJDERS TESTELT · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2015
  • VOSTIS similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2017
  • VOSTOY similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Grimbergen · since 2022
  • Other maintenance and repair of motor vehicles · since 2009
  • Reproductie van opgenomen media · since 2006
  • Psychology services · since 2007
  • Vostok similar
    Abbreviation of Compagnie Vostok · Mons · since 2026

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