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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.

“GEANIUS”

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.

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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

8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • GEANIUS same name
    Detailhandel in baby- en kinderbovenkleding · Brugge · since 2007
  • GENI-US very similar
    Other business support services · Oostende · since 2016
  • GENIUS very similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Brasschaat · since 2015
  • Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2021
  • GeNi*us very similar
    Vervaardiging van kunststoffen in primaire vormen · Sint-Truiden · since 2012
  • GEENIUS very similar
    Activities of interior architects · Antwerpen · since 2009
  • Geonius very similar
    Name of an establishment of Geonius België · Urban planning and landscape architecture · Herentals · since 2009
  • GENIUS (sole trader) very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 2021
Names that resemble it 6 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • GEANI similar
    Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Hamme (Vl.) · since 1995
  • GEAN similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Brasschaat · since 2018
  • Other specialised construction activities · since 2013
  • GEANS similar
    Activities of holding companies · Langemark-Poelkapelle · since 2014
  • Gnius similar
    Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · Brasschaat · since 2022
  • G-NIUS similar
    Pre-press and pre-media services · Londerzeel · since 2010

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