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.
“GARE”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2010
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Saint-Hubert · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of NATIONALE MAATSCHAPPIJ DER BELGISCHE SPOORWEGEN · Personenvervoer per trein · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1968
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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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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Activities of holding companies · Zandhoven · since 1988
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Business and other management consultancy · Vorst · since 2025
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Sawmilling and planing of wood · since 2014
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · since 1986
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General construction of residential buildings · Ittre · since 2022
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Repair and maintenance of electrical equipment · since 2011
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Abbreviation of Groupe d'Animation des Résidents Sportifs · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 1980
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Abbreviation of GLOBAL ACADEMIC RESEARCH CENTER (G-ARC) · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Vermogensbeheer · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2007
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Vermogensbeheer · Oostende · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Haacht · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Leuven · since 2021
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2023
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Antwerpen · since 2009
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Specialist medical practice · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2003
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Other information service activities · Alken · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Groen als Rode Draad · Gent · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · Kortenaken · since 2025
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Lennik · since 2013
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2024
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Gent · since 1963