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.
“GENAM”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Logging · Lierneux · since 1988
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Soumagne · since 2005
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General electrical installation work · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of IQVIA MedTech NV · Other technical testing and analysis · Antwerpen · since 2005
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Land surveying · Namur · since 2021
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Development of residential building projects · Namur · since 2005
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General construction of residential buildings · Machelen (Brab.) · since 1985
Names that resemble it 34 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of holding companies · Deinze · since 1923
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Machining of metals · Nivelles · since 1979
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Name of an establishment of ETABLISSEMENTS BLONDEZ · Wholesale of perfume and cosmetics · Tournai · since 1997
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Activities of holding companies · Opwijk · since 2003
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Global Exchange Network Association · Office administrative and support services · Brussel · since 2011
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Vervaardiging van fietsen en invalidenwagens · since 1967
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Soignies · since 2024
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Vermogensbeheer · Remicourt · since 2021
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Schaarbeek · since 1990
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Moorslede · since 1992
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Abbreviation of GENERATION ASBL · Other amusement and recreation activities · Dison · since 2017
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2003
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Zutendaal · since 2026
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Name of La Joie du Foyer · Verhuur en exploitatie van sociale woningen · Namur · since 1923
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 1983
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Namur · since 1986
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Liège · since 1986
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Name of an establishment of S.A. GENALIM · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Namur · since 1988
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Genappe · since 1987
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Rixensart · since 1990
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · La Bruyère · since 1993
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 1995
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 1998
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Vermogensbeheer · Gent · since 2012
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2023
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Genappe · since 2023
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Specialist medical practice · since 1983
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Namur · since 2004
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Verstrekken van verbruikskrediet · Perwez · since 2007
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General medical practice · Namur · since 2024
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Grez-Doiceau · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of GENAVIR GESTION DE NAVIRES DE RECHERCHE · Goederenvervoer over zee- en kustwateren · Plouzane · since 2025