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.
“GARTA”
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
15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Detailhandel in wapens en munitie · Ravels · since 1966
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Productie van diepgevroren groenten en fruit · Ardooie · since 1988
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Vervaardiging van andere voedingsmiddelen, n.e.g. · Ninove · since 1991
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Begijnendijk · since 1993
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Wichelen · since 1994
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Evere · since 1997
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Name of an establishment of Balti Energy Systems · Activities of head offices · Kortrijk · since 1999
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Tourist information services · since 2015
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Other legal services · Koksijde · since 2015
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Insulation installation · Manage · since 2017
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Specialist medical practice · Lint · since 2018
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Asse · since 2019
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Other publishing activities, excluding software publishing · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Ganshoren · since 2022
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Tintigny · since 2009
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of VLG-projects · General construction of residential buildings · Merksplas · since 2011
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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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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1979
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Business and other management consultancy · Waterloo · since 2020
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Edegem · since 1995
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Dilbeek · since 2017
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Association des Ressortissants de Tougue et amis · Brussel · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Bureau d'Etudes Architecturales et de Techniques Appliquées · Vorst · since 1966
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · since 1999
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2021