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Name check

Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“GCVG”

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

1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.

  • GCVG same name
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2017
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • GCV similar
    Joinery installation · Grimbergen · since 1989
  • Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2017
  • GCV similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Dendermonde · since 2020
  • G.C.V. similar
    Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Diksmuide · since 2004
  • G.C.V. similar
    Abbreviation of Groupement Cyclosportif Vervietois · Verviers · since 2007
  • GCV similar
    Abbreviation of Gauthier Collignon Vétérinaire · Veterinary services · Florenville · since 2024
  • GCVW similar
    Abbreviation of Groep Consulting Vastgoed & Werken · Real estate agency activities · Wommelgem · since 2000
  • G.C.V.M. similar
    Trade name of G.C.V.M. Cosmetics · Business and other management consultancy · Mons · since 2013
  • GCVC similar
    Joinery installation · Zonnebeke · since 2026

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