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.
“vima”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of VAN ISACKER MANAGEMENT · Wholesale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Stabroek · since 1980
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Wholesale of other food products · Ans · since 1984
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Specialist medical practice · Lier · since 1999
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Groothandel in bloemen en planten · Lokeren · since 2017
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Other financial services · Denderleeuw · since 2017
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Lubbeek · since 2023
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Other business support services · Waasmunster · since 2025
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Office administrative and support services · since 2026
Names that resemble it 39 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Full-service restaurants · Etterbeek · since 1985
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Retail sale of second-hand clothing · Maldegem · since 1994
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Other building finishing work · Schaarbeek · since 1997
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Other education · Wevelgem · since 2013
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Cafés and bars · Mol · since 2013
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Floor and wall tiling · since 1984
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Business and other management consultancy · Zonhoven · since 2022
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Lanaken · since 2006
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Literary creation · Keerbergen · since 2024
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Couvin · since 2008
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Abbreviation of La Voix de l'Israel messianique · Activities of religious organisations · La Louvière · since 1988
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Gent · since 1992
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Abbreviation of VLERICK INVESTERINGSMAATSCHAPPIJ · Activities of head offices · Kortrijk · since 1999
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Mixed farming · Mouscron · since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · Oudsbergen · since 2017
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Detailhandel in onderkleding, lingerie en strand- en badkleding · Sint-Niklaas · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · Merchtem · since 2020
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Computer programming · since 2021
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Retail sale of bicycles · Dessel · since 2021
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Waterloo · since 2022
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Geraardsbergen · since 2023
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2011
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Abbreviation of J. VRANCKEN · Business and other management consultancy · Grimbergen · since 2003
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Activities of head offices · Wevelgem · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Aalter · since 2026
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Vervaardiging van wijn uit druiven · Heuvelland · since 2016
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Other retail sale of new goods · Arlon · since 2016
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Activities of building architects · Brugge · since 2017
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Specialist medical practice · Izegem · since 2018
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Other amusement and recreation activities · De Panne · since 2020
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Cafés and bars · Wemmel · since 2021
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Combined facilities support activities · Incourt · since 2022
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Activities of lawyers · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of Dots Energy · Handel in gas via leidingen · Zonhoven · since 2023
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · Lille · since 2009
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Beerse · since 2013