Skip to content

Is your company name still free?

Compared with the KBO register · free

Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector.

“GANIL”

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.

Same or very similar names

4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • GANIL same name
    Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Anderlecht · since 2010
  • MANIL very similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Beringen · since 1985
  • GARIL very similar
    Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Schaarbeek · since 1995
  • GENI@L very similar
    Activities of holding companies · Aubel · since 2024
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • GANIYY similar
    Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Schaarbeek · since 2023
  • GANIJI similar
    Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Huy · since 2026
  • GAN similar
    Abbreviation of Net Brussel, Gewestelijk Agentschap voor Netheid · Inzameling van ongevaarlijk afval · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1990
  • G.A.N similar
    Abbreviation of GUT AND NUTRITION · Ukkel · since 2019
  • GAN similar
    Abbreviation of Global African Network · Zedelgem · since 2024
  • SIGANIL similar
    Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Bornem · since 1995
  • GANICOR similar
    Abbreviation of GANICOR EUROPE · Other business support services · Gent · since 2001
  • GANIROU similar
    Vertoning van films · Neufchâteau · since 2021
  • Anil similar
    Gent · since 1971
  • Anil similar
    Antwerpen · since 2004
  • Sole trader similar
    Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 2021

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

Next steps