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.
“GABEL”
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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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Ingelmunster · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1986
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Freight transport by road · Antwerpen · since 2003
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Development of residential building projects · Gent · since 2007
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Other education · Tournai · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Garage BEX · Groothandel in aanhangwagens, opleggers en caravans · Anderlecht · since 1983
Names that resemble it 41 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Kortrijk · since 2022
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General electrical installation work · Limbourg · since 2022
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VALENCIENNES · since 2009
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SEDAN · since 2023
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Activities of lawyers · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Vervaardiging van zeep en wasmiddelen · Tournai · since 1974
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Merelbeke-Melle · since 1990
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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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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Elsene · since 2026
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Oostkamp · since 1966
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General construction of residential buildings · Hannut · since 1984
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Verwerking en conservering van vis en van schaal- en weekdieren · Malmedy · since 1986
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Groothandel in overige bouwmaterialen · Gembloux · since 1986
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Liège · since 1986
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Anderlecht · since 1989
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Brussel · since 1992
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Grâce-Hollogne · since 1994
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Nursing and midwifery · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1996
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Chaudfontaine · since 1998
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Tubize · since 1998
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Insulation installation · since 2000
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Name of an establishment of BELSYR · Wholesale of other food products · Schaarbeek · since 2000
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Malmedy · since 2014
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Other printing · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of Simon GN · Full-service restaurants · Ukkel · since 2017
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Wingene · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Groupement d'Ateliers Belges d'Excellence Groep Van Belgische Ateliers in Excellentie · Brussel · since 2018
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Site preparation · Vorst · since 2019
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Vermogensbeheer · Ukkel · since 2020
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of GABRIEL GG · Hairdressing and barber services · Asse · since 2004
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Name of an establishment of BE MG · Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 2006
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Vermogensbeheer · Etterbeek · since 2008
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Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · Wezembeek-Oppem · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Association belge des Eleveurs de Chevaux lusitaniens · Ciney · since 1990
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Abbreviation of Grootstedelijke Armoedeprojekten Brussel · Brussel · since 1986
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General construction of residential buildings · since 1988
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Etterbeek · since 1988