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.
“GARCQ”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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General construction of residential buildings · Stoumont · since 2019
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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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Elsene · since 1974
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Mixed farming · Estinnes · since 1998
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Tienen · since 2012
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Business and other management consultancy · Oupeye · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2006
Names that resemble it 9 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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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · Anderlecht · since 1989
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Grimbergen · since 2000
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2020
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Oostende · since 2009
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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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Cafés and bars · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2025
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Brussel · since 2015