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.
“GEMME”
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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2013
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Chimay · since 2021
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General cleaning of buildings · since 2018
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2025
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Manufacture of jewellery · Boutersem · since 2021
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General construction of residential buildings · Zwevegem · since 2023
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Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · since 1973
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General electrical installation work · ARGUGNAN · since 2007
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Retail sale of souvenirs and religious articles · since 2024
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Tournai · since 2024
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Schaarbeek · since 2021
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Etterbeek · since 1973
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Schoten · since 2015
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General electrical installation work · Antwerpen · since 2007
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Abbreviation of GEM 2be · Other specialised construction activities · Waasmunster · since 1993
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Abbreviation of Groupe d'Enseignement Mathématique · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 1998
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Other support activities for arts and performing arts · Antwerpen · since 2001
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General electrical installation work · since 2014
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Abbreviation of POUR UNE GOUVERNANCE EUROPEENNE MULTILINGUE · Brussel · since 2014
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Abbreviation of GLI EVENTI MUSICALI · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2015
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Antwerpen · since 2020
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Schoten · since 2021
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Other information service activities · Zaventem · since 2021
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Philippeville · since 2008
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2018
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Bewerken van diamant · Antwerpen · since 1983
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Bewerken van diamant · since 1982
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Business and other management consultancy · Jodoigne · since 2006
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Lasne · since 2026
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Activities of holding companies · Knokke-Heist · since 2020
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Abbreviation of GENERAL ELITE MANAGEMENT · Other sports activities · Brakel · since 2011