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.
“GARCIN”
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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2020
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Grimbergen · since 2000
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Construction of roads and motorways · Estinnes · since 1967
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Name of an establishment of JENNY · Groothandel in zuivelproducten en eieren · Brugge · since 1979
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Schaarbeek · since 1987
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Activities of holding companies · Zandhoven · since 1988
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Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 1998
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Activities of building architects · since 2011
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Brussel · since 2015
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of GLOBAL ACADEMIC RESEARCH CENTER (G-ARC) · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Cafés and bars · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2025
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Name of LU BOUW · General construction of residential buildings · Maasmechelen · since 2021
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Maaseik · since 1983
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Groothandel in weefsels, stoffen en fournituren · Mechelen · since 1991
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General construction of residential buildings · Stoumont · since 2019
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since 2013
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Roofing work · since 2025
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since 2025
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Herve · since 2026
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since 2014
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since 2012
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Floor and wall tiling · since 2025
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · Anderlecht · since 1989
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Oostende · since 2009
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Charleroi · since 1988