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Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“G-Bit”

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

2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • G-Bit same name
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Tremelo · since 2017
  • GBIT same name
    Computer programming · Tienen · since 2023
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • G-BITS similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Leuven · since 2006
  • GBI similar
    Abbreviation of GROUP BOUWEN IMMO · Service activities incidental to land transportation · Lier · since 1968
  • G.B.I. similar
    Abbreviation of Gestion Bâtiment Industrie · Valenciennes · since 1979
  • G.B.I. similar
    Abbreviation of Generale de Batiment et Isolation · Maisons-Laffitte · since 1982
  • G.B.I. similar
    Real estate agency activities · Sambreville · since 1988
  • GBI similar
    Activities of holding companies · Hoogstraten · since 2021
  • GBI similar
    Abbreviation of Groep Bolckmans Invest · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Brecht · since 2011
  • Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2004
  • GBIS similar
    Public relations and communication consultancy · Waregem · since 2020
  • GBIO similar
    Abbreviation of GBIO CONSULTING & MANAGEMENT · Business and other management consultancy · La Hulpe · since 2021
  • Other professional, scientific and technical activities · since 2012
  • Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2021

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