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.
“GATAM”
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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Employment placement agencies · Antwerpen · since 2002
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Abbreviation of MAGATAM JURIS-FIS · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Mettet · since 1983
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Abbreviation of TOKHEIM BELGIUM · Vervaardiging van meet-, controle- en navigatie-instrumenten en -apparatuur · Turnhout · since 1921
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Groothandel in machines voor de mijnbouw, de bouwnijverheid en de weg- en waterbouw · Waterloo · since 1972
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Retail sale of household furniture · Antwerpen · since 1986
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Other software publishing · Wetteren · since 1991
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Retail sale of household furniture · Elsene · since 2015
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Vermogensbeheer · Ranst · since 2014
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General construction of residential buildings · Chastre · since 2021
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Vocational training · La Bruyère · since 2008
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Business and other management consultancy · Namur · since 2011
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · Florenville · since 2008
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Computer programming · since 2026
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Groupe d'Action pour le Terrain d'Aventures · Youth work associations · Liège · since 1986
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Koekelberg · since 2020
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Ganshoren · since 2019
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Abbreviation of GABRIELS ALGEMENE METAALWERKEN · Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Oudsbergen · since 1989
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Abbreviation of GESTION ASSURANCES MULTIPLES · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1990
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Waimes · since 2000
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Abbreviation of Geassocieerde Apotheek Merelbeke · Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2004
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Other specialised construction activities · Wezembeek-Oppem · since 2005
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Abbreviation of Groupe d'appui aux messages · Etterbeek · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of Liseito · Business and other management consultancy · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2025
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2020
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Dental practice · Mouscron · since 2021
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Gent · since 2024
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since 1994