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.
“GANA”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Kontich · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2009
Names that resemble it 29 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Site preparation · Lokeren · since 1992
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Abbreviation of Net Brussel, Gewestelijk Agentschap voor Netheid · Inzameling van ongevaarlijk afval · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1990
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Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1985
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Bastogne · since 2016
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Abbreviation of GUT AND NUTRITION · Ukkel · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Kruisem · since 2006
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Abbreviation of Global African Network · Zedelgem · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Vorst · since 2025
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2017
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Vervaardiging van andere voedingsmiddelen, n.e.g. · since 1991
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2011
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Hairdressing and barber services · Dilbeek · since 2008
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Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of LUTEX · Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Hasselt · since 1983
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's-Hertogenbosch · since 2001
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Literary creation · since 2014
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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Ganshoren Triathlon Club · Ganshoren · since 2017
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Activities of interior architects · Dendermonde · since 2018
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Other building finishing work · since 2019
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Other retail sale of food · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Zemst · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Edegem · since 1989
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Verenigingen op het vlak van ontwikkelingssamenwerking · Hemiksem · since 2019
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Landscape service activities · since 2022
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Kelmis · since 2012
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Charleroi · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of GNT STORES · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Wavre · since 2016
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Activities of holding companies · Beyne-Heusay · since 2011