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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Insurance agents and brokers · Destelbergen · since 2012
Names that resemble it 39 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of VETS DRANKENCENTER · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Duffel · since 1983
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Brussel · since 1983
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Abbreviation of VAN DER CUYLEN · Joinery installation · Walhain · since 1992
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Namur · since 1995
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Trade name of VERHOEVEN DUST CONTROL · Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1995
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Abbreviation of VAARTLANDS DIENSTEN CENTRUM · Willebroek · since 1997
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Abbreviation of VLAAMS DESIGNCENTRUM · Ukkel · since 1998
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Roofing work · since 1989
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Advertising agencies · since 1995
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · since 1987
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Machining of metals · since 2017
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Logistics services · Brecht · since 2017
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Vermogensbeheer · Herzele · since 2017
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Other information service activities · Fernelmont · since 2021
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Poperinge · since 2022
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Abbreviation of V.D.Compta · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Héron · since 2023
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Abbreviation of VAESEN DIERENVOEDER CENTRALE · Wholesale of agricultural produce and animal feed, general range · Pelt · since 2010
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Abbreviation of VDC ENTREPRISE · General electrical installation work · Rixensart · since 2012
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Bricklaying and masonry work · Merchtem · since 2012
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2025
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Freight transport by road · Brakel · since 2004
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Abbreviation of V.U.B. DIVING CENTER · Oudergem · since 2005
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Office administrative and support services · Zoersel · since 2008
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Activities of head offices · Brakel · since 2025
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Lochristi · since 2026
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Merchtem · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Verspreidings-en Dokumentatie Centrum voor Vietnam · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1970
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Abbreviation of Danskant · Youth work associations · Antwerpen · since 1946
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Other retail sale of food · since 1997
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Computer programming · Zottegem · since 2016
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Mouscron · since 2017
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Plumbing work · since 2019
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Computer programming · Leuven · since 2022
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Bree · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Kortrijk · since 2012
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Gent · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of VWJ Consult & Projects · Business and other management consultancy · Nieuwpoort · since 2012
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Izegem · since 1963
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Abbreviation of VOLVO DEALER CLUB BELUX · Antwerpen · since 2013