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.
“GANDAFOX”
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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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Gent · since 2024
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Merelbeke-Melle · since 1980
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Oostkamp · since 2014
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Geraardsbergen · since 1986
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Izegem · since 1988
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Cafés and bars · since 2002
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Activities of holding companies · Destelbergen · since 2003
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Abbreviation of GANDAE - WELZIJN & WERK OP MAAT · Beschutte en sociale werkplaatsen · Gent · since 1965
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Leuven · since 1983
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Retail sale of souvenirs and religious articles · Antwerpen · since 1991
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Oostkamp · since 1995
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Vervaardiging van producten van vlees of van vlees van gevogelte · Destelbergen · since 2018
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Zoetermeer · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2025
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General construction of residential buildings · Gent · since 2026
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's-Hertogenbosch · since 2001