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.
“Vulcanus”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Antwerpen · since 1960
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Heist-op-den-Berg · since 1979
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Activities of holding companies · Heuvelland · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Koninklijke Vriendenkring Vulcanus · Hasselt · since 2024
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Other business support services · Dendermonde · since 2016
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Brasschaat · since 1991
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Full-service restaurants · Mons · since 1994
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2021
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Retail sale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · since 2009
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Full-service restaurants · since 1985
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1979
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Joinery installation · As · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Cercle des étudiants de la Vulcania · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2010
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Braine-le-Comte · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Etterbeek · since 2009
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Gent · since 1968
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Seneffe · since 2021
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Other holiday and short-stay accommodation · Eeklo · since 2016