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.
“GAPAL”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Kontich · since 2016
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Abbreviation of General Aviation Professionnal Association of Belgium · Brussel · since 1979
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Abbreviation of Centre d'Action pour l'Autisme en Province de Luxembourg · Activiteiten van dagcentra voor minderjarigen met een mentale handicap, met inbegrip van ambulante hulpverlening · Libramont-Chevigny · since 2017
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Demolition · Evere · since 2006
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Abbreviation of Matières Premières pour l'Industrie Alimentaire Efratas · Elsene · since 1968
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Office administrative and support services · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2022
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Balen · since 1999
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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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Name of an establishment of General Assistance to People · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1998
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Abbreviation of BRIDGING THE GAP · Other business support services · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2000
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Business and other management consultancy · Aalter · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Groupement Associatif Populaire · Other membership organisations · Brussel · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Parent & Y SRL · Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Court-Saint-Etienne · since 2019
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Abbreviation of GET A LIFE · Esneux · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of GROUPEMENTS ET ASSOCIATIONS DE PHARMACIES · Activities of professional membership organisations · Verviers · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of GAP SA Granen & Producten NV · Groothandel in granen en zaden · Antwerpen · since 2009
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Abbreviation of Global Advisers & Partners · Kinrooi · since 2011
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Abbreviation of Gentse Alumni Psychologie · Gent · since 2010
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Abbreviation of Gestion, Assurances et Prêts · Insurance agents and brokers · Evere · since 2007
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Abbreviation of Get A Pinte · Cafés and bars · Mons · since 2024
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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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Mondercange · since 2005
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Seraing · since 1998