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.
“GARBO”
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
18 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Real estate agency activities · Knokke-Heist · since 1985
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 1989
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Cafés and bars · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2013
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Activities of head offices · Ledegem · since 2026
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 1984
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Mechelen · since 1991
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Wuustwezel · since 1994
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1994
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Lille · since 1994
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Herenthout · since 1999
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Freight transport by road · Oudenaarde · since 2002
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Other specialised construction activities · Waregem · since 2020
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Name of an establishment · General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Herk-de-Stad · since 2021
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Name of an establishment · General construction of residential buildings · Haacht · since 2011
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Activities of holding companies · Hasselt · since 2011
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Name of an establishment · Public relations and communication consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Event catering · Sint-Niklaas · since 2024
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Activiteiten van bejaardenzorg aan huis, muv (thuis)verpleging · Oudenburg · since 2025
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Wemmel · since 1984
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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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Business and other management consultancy · Edegem · since 2023
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Cutting, shaping and finishing of stone · Koekelberg · since 2024
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Vervaardiging van deuren en vensters van kunststof · Mouscron · since 1980
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Other tax advisory services · Brussel · since 1985
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Other building finishing work · since 2024
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Abbreviation of ArBo Schilder- en Decoratiewerken · Painting of buildings · Waasmunster · since 2021
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Elsene · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Amfibieên, Reptielen, Bomen, Biodiversiteitsorganisatie · Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified · since 2011
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Landscape service activities · since 2008
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Abbreviation of ARBO IMPORT & MARKETING · Wholesale of timber · Brugge · since 2006