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.
“GABCO”
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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Logging · Couvin · since 2016
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Bricklaying and masonry work · Waimes · since 2018
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Mechelen · since 1991
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Freight transport by road · Liège · since 2021
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Insurance agents and brokers · Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes · since 2018
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Sports and recreation education · since 2014
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Koekelberg · since 2012
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Abbreviation of GASTHUISZUSTERS AUGUSTINESSEN VAN BOOM · Rumst · since 1945
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Abbreviation of GREENKEEPERS ASSOCIATION OF BELGIUM · Zaventem · since 1989
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Vervaardiging van hijs-, hef- en transportwerktuigen · Balen · since 2002
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Aywaille · since 2021
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Dental practice · Oudergem · since 2023
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Other building finishing work · since 2025
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Other business support services · Mechelen · since 1970
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Anderlecht · since 1983
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Evere · since 1986
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Groothandel in ijzer- en staalschroot en in oude non-ferrometalen · Peer · since 1987
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Abbreviation of AXE BELGO-CONGOLAIS · Jette · since 2015
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Development of residential building projects · Bastogne · since 2007
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Abbreviation of Grootstedelijke Armoedeprojekten Brussel · Brussel · since 1986
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Vervaardiging van verlichtingsapparaten · Jette · since 2007