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.
“G.B.V.”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of Gentse Radio Vereniging · Gent · since 1983
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Growing of pome and stone fruits · Sint-Truiden · since 1992
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Abbreviation of GROEN BETON VERT · Business and other management consultancy · Veurne · since 2013
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Abbreviation of Gentse Biervereniging VZW · Gent · since 2016
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Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · since 1998
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Nieuwerkerken (Limb.) · since 2012
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Abbreviation of Garage Ben Vercammen · Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Zoersel · since 2023
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Duffel · since 1983
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Business and other management consultancy · Schilde · since 2019
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Other information service activities · Stekene · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Gezond Burger Verstand Vlaanderen · Advertising agencies · Pittem · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Gérance de Biens - Goederen Beheer · Combined facilities support activities · Brussel · since 1977
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Name of an establishment of TRICOUR · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Charleroi · since 1994
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Name of an establishment of JUMADIS · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Charleroi · since 1995
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Name of an establishment of DISWAL · Vervaardiging van producten van vlees of van vlees van gevogelte · Charleroi · since 2000
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Name of an establishment of FLAUBA · Vervaardiging van producten van vlees of van vlees van gevogelte · Charleroi · since 2000
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Name of an establishment of REPHIL · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Philippeville · since 2000
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Name of an establishment of LEMADIS · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Seraing · since 2001
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Abbreviation of Ghent Basketball · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Gent · since 2013
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2020
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Abbreviation of GLASMARKT · Kortrijk · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of EXPRESS BRUSSELSE · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Oud-Heverlee · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of REBYSS · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Amay · since 2004
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Name of an establishment of CENTRUM HOBOKEN · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of GBON · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Marche-en-Famenne · since 2006
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Abbreviation of LA GAUME BUISSONNIERE · Aubange · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of DISTOUR · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Charleroi · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of ANDERDIS · Vervaardiging van producten van vlees of van vlees van gevogelte · Charleroi · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of GILDIS · Vervaardiging van producten van vlees of van vlees van gevogelte · Charleroi · since 2007
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Abbreviation of Groene Brigade · Other social work without accommodation · Leuven · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of ADIPEX · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2007