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.
“GANAR”
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
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Site preparation · Lokeren · since 1992
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Business and other management consultancy · Vorst · since 2025
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Ukkel · since 1990
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Antwerpen · since 1992
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General electrical installation work · since 2018
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Knokke-Heist · since 2006
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Activities of holding companies · Deinze · since 2019
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General construction of residential buildings · Gent · since 2022
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Retail sale of beverages, general range · Gent · since 2007
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Full-service restaurants · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2024
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Kelmis · since 2012
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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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
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Landscape service activities · since 2022
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Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1985
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Bastogne · since 2016
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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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Abbreviation of Guidon Ancienne Roue · Anderlecht · since 1981
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Abbreviation of Groupe D'Ateliers de Recherche · Activities of professional membership organisations · Liège · since 1982
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Abbreviation of GUT AND NUTRITION · Ukkel · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Global African Network · Zedelgem · since 2024
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2024
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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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Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 2026
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Charleroi · since 2020