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.
“GARS”
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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Abbreviation of Groupe d'Animation des Résidents Sportifs · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 1980
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Other information service activities · Alken · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2025
Names that resemble it 22 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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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Theux · since 1990
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2005
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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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Activities of holding companies · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2010
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Specialist medical practice · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2003
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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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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · since 2025
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Brussel · since 2001
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2019
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Literary creation · Wetteren · since 2011
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since 2018
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Gent · since 1963
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Saint-Hubert · since 2017