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.D.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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1989
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Abbreviation of Golf découverte Virton · Operation of sports facilities · Virton · since 1993
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Abbreviation of Grain de Vie · Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Waterloo · since 1997
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Abbreviation of GDV MANAGEMENT · Activities of holding companies · Alken · since 2015
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Other postal and courier activities · since 2026
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Landscape service activities · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of GOUT DIT VIN · Wholesale of wines and spirits · Sambreville · since 2008
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Abbreviation of GROUPE DALLA VALLE · Repair and maintenance of fabricated metal products · Saint-Ghislain · since 2008
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Kruisem · since 2014
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Leuze-en-Hainaut · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Charleroi · since 2003
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Abbreviation of GEORGES DEJARDIN · Namur · since 1957
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Abbreviation of General Development · Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Elsene · since 1972
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Abbreviation of Général Dossin · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Elsene · since 1984
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Other specialised construction activities · Etterbeek · since 1985
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Abbreviation of GROEP DAENEN · Joinery installation · Genk · since 1989
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Lichtervelde · since 1994
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Abbreviation of G.D. MANAGEMENT · Sports and recreation education · Ranst · since 2013
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2010
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Construction of roads and motorways · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Gadjo Dilo · Operation of fairground attractions · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2019
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Reparatie en onderhoud van elektronische en optische apparatuur · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Roeselare · since 2020
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Joinery installation · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of GILBERT DELEY · Business and other management consultancy · Bredene · since 2007
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Plumbing work · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Green Dental · Temse · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · Ninove · since 1994