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.
“GALV”
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Charleroi · since 2025
Names that resemble it 35 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Aalst · since 1985
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Abbreviation of Gestion et Action libérale · Activiteiten van politieke organisaties · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1989
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Abbreviation of GROUPE ANIMATION LOTTERT · Attert · since 1995
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Activities of holding companies · Harelbeke · since 1999
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Abbreviation of YVENS GALVAN · Coating of metals · Sprimont · since 2017
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Abbreviation of GET A LIFE · Esneux · since 2020
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Tubize · since 2009
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Esch-sur-Alzette · since 1999
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Abbreviation of GANBAATAR ARWIN LASSEN · Machining of metals · Heusden-Zolder · since 2025
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Painting of buildings · since 2025
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Coating of metals · Duffel · since 1961
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Abbreviation of GALVANISATION DU CONDROZ · Coating of metals · Ouffet · since 1975
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Dental practice · La Roche-en-Ardenne · since 2026
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Ronse · since 1992
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Abbreviation of Gestion et Action libérale Bruxelles · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1997
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · La Louvière · since 2002
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since 2014
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Office administrative and support services · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Ninove · since 2020
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Retail sale of lighting equipment · since 1995
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Reproductie van opgenomen media · Andenne · since 2022
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Chaudfontaine · since 2023
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Advertising agencies · Awans · since 2009
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Exploitatie van snooker- en biljartzalen · Brasschaat · since 2010
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Bonheiden · since 2011
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · since 2023
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Thuin · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2025
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General cleaning of buildings · since 2026
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Machining of metals · Zele · since 1988
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Other business support services · Lichtervelde · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of Liberty Galati S.A. · Vervaardiging van ijzer en staal en van ferrolegeringen · Galati · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of Etablissements Gali · Vervaardiging van gebreide en gehaakte kleding · Leuze-en-Hainaut · since 1968
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Wanze · since 2001