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.
“GENERAL ESTATES”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1993
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Manufacture of outerwear · Namur · since 2001
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Abbreviation of CAFE GENERAL · Cafés and bars · Diksmuide · since 2016
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Wholesale of diamonds and other precious stones · Antwerpen · since 1977
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Name of an establishment of General Engineering Luxembourg · Activities of building architects · La Roche-en-Ardenne · since 1983
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Ieper · since 2025
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Destelbergen · since 2013
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Other research and development on natural sciences · since 1997
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General electrical installation work · Schilde · since 2005
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Retail sale of bicycles · Theux · since 1999
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Hasselt · since 2019
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Funeral services · Binche · since 2004
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Development of residential building projects · Roeselare · since 2018
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Schilde · since 2023
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Activities of building architects · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2024
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Rotterdam · since 2023
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Elsene · since 1990
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Plastering work · Anderlecht · since 2011
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Detailhandel in onderkleding, lingerie en strand- en badkleding · since 2011
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Zaventem · since 1986