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.
“GEFINAM”
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.
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Verstrekken van verbruikskrediet · Perwez · since 2007
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Namur · since 2004
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Montigny-le-Tilleul · since 1989
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Mechelen · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Groupement d'Etudes fiduciaires · since 1993
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Abbreviation of Gestion et Financement de la Fédération socialiste de Charleroi · Charleroi · since 1995
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General construction of residential buildings · Bertem · since 1998
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Olen · since 1999
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Eghezée · since 1992
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Office administrative and support services · Namur · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Gérances financières et immobilières · Elsene · since 1968
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Abbreviation of GILBERT EMPAIN FINANCEMENTS IMMOBILIER ASSURANCES · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1984
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Logging · Lierneux · since 1988
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Abbreviation of FINANCE AND ASSET MANAGEMENT · Market research and public opinion polling · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1989
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Fribourg · since 1995
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Antwerpen · since 1995
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Other business support services · Oostende · since 2019
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Verviers · since 2006