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.
“Brien GCV”
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
17 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Dental practice · Heers · since 2015
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Growing of flowers · since 2026
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Book publishing · Antwerpen · since 1988
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Other social work without accommodation · Oostende · since 2016
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Full-service restaurants · Nijlen · since 2018
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Erpe-Mere · since 2022
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Other business support services · Herentals · since 2022
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Activities of building architects · since 2005
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Knokke-Heist · since 2005
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Vocational training · Buggenhout · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of Bitter Melon SN · Full-service restaurants · Oostende · since 2024
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2025
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Zemst · since 2025
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 2025
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Manufacture of imitation jewellery and related articles · since 2018
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since 2017
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2014
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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General electrical installation work · since 2023
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Hairdressing and barber services · Dendermonde · since 2011
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Site preparation · Hasselt · since 1999
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Bemiddelingsactiviteiten in verband met personenvervoer · since 1998
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Retail sale of footwear · Gent · since 2013
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Machining of metals · Tienen · since 2017
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Genk · since 2022
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Physiotherapy · since 1993
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Joinery installation · Gingelom · since 2011
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Gent · since 2004
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Activities of building architects · Brasschaat · since 2007
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Abbreviation of BARLOW RETAIL INVEST · Elsene · since 2015
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General electrical installation work · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Waterloo · since 1994
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Activities of holding companies · Genk · since 2016
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Brussel · since 2017
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Wuustwezel · since 2021
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Groothandel in afval en schroot, n.e.g. · Brussel · since 2009
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Aarschot · since 2011
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Groothandel in installatiemateriaal voor loodgieterswerk en verwarming · La Louvière · since 2005
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Jemeppe-sur-Sambre · since 2023
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Sports and recreation education · since 2026