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.
“GEDABO”
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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Hamont-Achel · since 2011
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Velp · since 1978
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Roofing work · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 1989
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Merelbeke-Melle · since 1995
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · Berlare · since 1996
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Retail sale of lighting equipment · Brecht · since 1997
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Trade name of DE BONTE · Insulation installation · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2003
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Development of residential building projects · Hechtel-Eksel · since 2020
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General construction of residential buildings · Bocholt · since 2009
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Ninove · since 2009
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2010
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · Waregem · since 2012
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Other specialised construction activities · Herenthout · since 2006
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General cleaning of buildings · Genk · since 2017
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Development of residential building projects · Plombières · since 2003
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Plumbing work · Maarkedal · since 2018
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Oostrozebeke · since 2007
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Roofing work · Ninove · since 1974
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Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · Waregem · since 1990
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General construction of residential buildings · Oudenburg · since 1992
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Bodywork repair (including spraying and painting) · since 2018
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General construction of residential buildings · Balen · since 1994
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Plumbing work · Bocholt · since 2003
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Abbreviation of DOCTEUR AUDREY BROENS OPHTALMOLOGIE · Specialist medical practice · Anthisnes · since 2018
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Evere · since 1968
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Cafés and bars · Charleroi · since 2013