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.
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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
25 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1968
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Abbreviation of Verenigde Ontmoetings - en Studiecentra · Other membership organisations · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1976
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Abbreviation of Vlaams Overleg Spelotheken · Brugge · since 1978
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Joinery installation · Herk-de-Stad · since 1987
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Abbreviation of Vlaamse Onafhankelijke Solidariteit · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1990
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Kampenhout · since 1991
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Abbreviation of Vlaams Overleg Straathoekwerk Oost-Vlaanderen · since 1996
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Sint-Truiden · since 2017
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Demolition · Dendermonde · since 2017
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Other maintenance and repair of motor vehicles · since 2019
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Activities of holding companies · Brugge · since 2019
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Full-service restaurants · Genk · since 2021
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Abbreviation of VAN OVERSTRAETEN SPORT · Buying and selling of own real estate · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Vision of Sustainability · Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Hoeilaart · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Brecht · since 2004
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Aalst · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Vrienden en Oud-Scouts van het Open Scoutisme · Leuven · since 1971
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · since 1994
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 2021
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Specialist medical practice · since 2001
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Psychology services · since 2007
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Sports and recreation education · since 2024
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since 2024
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Insurance agents and brokers · Antwerpen · since 2015
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since 1981
Names that resemble it 26 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Vriendenkring van de Basisschool van het Gemeenschapsonderwijs-d'Oefenschool · Blankenberge · since 1977
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Abbreviation of VOS Events · Braine-le-Château · since 2014
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2018
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Wallpapering and laying of floor and wall coverings in other materials · Kaprijke · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Verenigde Oud-strijders en Oud-soldaten Londerzeel · Londerzeel · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2026
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Physiotherapy · Sint-Niklaas · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Volleybal Sport en Cultuur Oosterveld · Antwerpen · since 1978
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Oud-Turnhout · since 1981
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Activities of holding companies · Ardooie · since 2000
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · Overijse · since 2013
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Vosselaar · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · Menen · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Vijverhof oudervereniging gemeenschapsonderwijs Schoten · Schoten · since 2018
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Activities of holding companies · Genk · since 2020
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Activities of lawyers · Gent · since 2022
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Vermogensbeheer · Poperinge · since 2023
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Wholesale of wines and spirits · Oostende · since 2005
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Landscape service activities · since 2025
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Agents and managers of artists, athletes and other public figures · Brugge · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · Dendermonde · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Volksontwikkeling · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 1946
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Activities of interior architects · since 2013
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Abbreviation of Les Vaillantes Ollignoises · Jurbise · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Vermaak en ontspanning · Other amusement and recreation activities · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2005
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Liège · since 2016