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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.

“GECILI”

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

3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • GECILI same name
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1996
  • GELILI very similar
    Insurance agents and brokers · Rixensart · since 2016
  • GEMILI very similar
    Brussel · since 2007
Names that resemble it 6 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • GECILUX similar
    Office administrative and support services · POMMERLOCH · since 2019
  • GECILOC similar
    Bouw van andere civieltechnische werken, n.e.g. · Quévy · since 2009
  • GECIM similar
    Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Anzegem · since 2000
  • Gecima similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Wavre · since 1967
  • GECICA similar
    Abbreviation of GROUPEMENT EUROPEEN DES CONSEILLERS POUR INDEPENDANTS, COMMERCANTS ET ARTISANS · Ukkel · since 1988
  • GECICO similar
    Abbreviation of GENIE CIVIL - CONSTRUCTION · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Knokke-Heist · since 1991

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