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.
“GEANI”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Hamme (Vl.) · since 1995
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Activities of holding companies · Langemark-Poelkapelle · since 2014
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Genk · since 1976
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 1983
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Non-specialised wholesale trade
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Kapellen · since 2023
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Vermogensbeheer · Brasschaat · since 2018
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Detailhandel in baby- en kinderbovenkleding · Brugge · since 2007
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 2018
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Abbreviation of GESTION-ENTREPRISE-ARCHITECTURE · Real estate agency activities · Hamois · since 1986
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Abbreviation of GENERAL ELECTRIC APPLIANCES · Louisville · since 1994
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Abbreviation of GOLDEN EAGLE AVIATION · Verhuur en lease van luchtvaartuigen · Wijnegem · since 1996
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Name of an establishment of GEA INVEST · Activities of holding companies · Aubel · since 2012
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Schaarbeek · since 2018
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Abbreviation of GENESA · Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · Liège · since 2004
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Abbreviation of GOLDEN EAGLES ACADEMY · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2026
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Retail sale of household furniture · Geel · since 2000
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Site preparation · Gent · since 2016
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Site preparation · Dendermonde · since 2020
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Activiteiten van centrale banken · Duffel · since 2008
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General medical practice · since 2018
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Daverdisse · since 1988