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.
“DE GENERAL”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Cafés and bars · Vorselaar · since 2020
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Manufacture of outerwear · Namur · since 2001
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Abbreviation of CAFE GENERAL · Cafés and bars · Diksmuide · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of General Engineering Luxembourg · Activities of building architects · La Roche-en-Ardenne · since 1983
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other business support services · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of APERS-LAMPROYE · Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Leuven · since 2004
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Anderlecht · since 2021
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2022
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General construction of residential buildings · Ternat · since 2022
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Machelen (Brab.) · since 2022
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of La commandine · Full-service restaurants · Elsene · since 2023
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General construction of residential buildings · Lebbeke · since 2023
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2025
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Wemmel · since 2026
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Vlaardingen · since 1956
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Activities of interior architects · Antwerpen · since 2019
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General construction of other non-residential buildings · Oostende · since 2019
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Aalst · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Chastre · since 2019
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Other building finishing work · Namur · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of VIMA TRANSPORT · Other specialised construction activities · Zaventem · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Zedelgem · since 2021
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General construction of residential buildings · Dilbeek · since 2025
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Other business support services · Ieper · since 2025
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Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · Antwerpen · since 1998
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Name of an establishment of Ak Général · Other construction installation · Brussel · since 2016
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Beloeil · since 2019