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.
“GEFORA”
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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Anhée · since 1984
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Market research and public opinion polling · Ukkel · since 1986
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Proefboren en boren · Grâce-Hollogne · since 1999
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Groothandel in vis en schaal- en weekdieren · Brugge · since 1983
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General construction of residential buildings · Antwerpen · since 1990
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Rumst · since 1992
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Investigation and private security services · Maaseik · since 2002
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Vervaardiging van farmaceutische grondstoffen · since 2002
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2005
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Kortrijk · since 2026
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Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · Hasselt · since 1982
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Name of an establishment of Shipset7 · Other business support services · Leuven · since 2019
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Namur · since 2022
Names that resemble it 4 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Groothandel in weefsels, stoffen en fournituren · since 1991
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Performing arts by independent artists · Mons · since 2003
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Abbreviation of General Food Company · Etterbeek · since 1992
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Abbreviation of Forum van Afrikaanse Associaties · Antwerpen · since 2005