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.
“GENBEL”
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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Johannesburg 2001 · since 1985
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Liège · since 1986
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Charleroi · since 2026
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Menen · since 1991
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Service activities incidental to land transportation · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2021
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Antwerpen · since 1956
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Schilde · since 1996
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 1985
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Full-service restaurants · since 1992
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Abbreviation of Kenians In Belgium · Turnhout · since 2005
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Vervaardiging van andere niet-gedistilleerde gegiste dranken · Verlaine · since 2025
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Ans · since 1978
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Brussel · since 1998
Names that resemble it 5 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Belgische Federatie voor Erfrechtelijke Genealogen · Zottegem · since 2024
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2025
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Production of electricity from non-renewable sources · Waregem · since 2009
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Machining of metals · Estaimpuis · since 2019
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News agency activities · Lede · since 2022