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.
“GARIO”
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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 1984
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Schaarbeek · since 1995
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Retail sale of beverages, general range · Libramont-Chevigny · since 1967
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Maaseik · since 1983
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 1987
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Name of an establishment · Groothandel in weefsels, stoffen en fournituren · Mechelen · since 1991
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Full-service restaurants · Leuven · since 1997
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · since 1989
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Support activities for crop production · Leopoldsburg · since 2022
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Maldegem · since 2022
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Frasnes-lez-Anvaing · since 2011
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 1989
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Web portal activities · Etterbeek · since 2024
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Specialist medical practice · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2003
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Activities of holding companies · Kortenaken · since 2025
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2016
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Chastre · since 2021
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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 · since 1994
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Landen · since 2014
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Full-service restaurants · Brasschaat · since 2015
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Freight transport by road · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2017
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Vervaardiging van andere elektrische apparatuur · Oreye · since 2019
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Nursing and midwifery · Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes · since 2007
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Halle · since 1987
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Cafés and bars · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1987