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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GANNAT · since 2012
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Groothandel in sport- en kampeerartikelen, met uitzondering van fietsen · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 1996
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Other business support services · Kapellen · since 2015
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Name of an establishment of Fuga One · Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2022
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Aalst · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of FUGAZI TROY · Activities of holding companies · Roosdaal · since 1991
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2016
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Development of residential building projects · Kortrijk · since 2018
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Development of residential building projects · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Lier · since 2021
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Discotheken, dancings en dergelijke · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of UNIONE · Full-service restaurants · Liège · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Fédération Unie des Guildes · Brussel · since 2023
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Other information technology and computer services · Opwijk · since 2016
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2021
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Activities of interior architects · Dentergem · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of LOX · Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2021