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 PLUS”
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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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Grimbergen · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of GENERAL PNEU · Tyre services · Ciney · since 2023
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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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Name of an establishment of General Engineering Luxembourg · Activities of building architects · La Roche-en-Ardenne · since 1983
Names that resemble it 33 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of General Plastic Works · Vervaardiging van platen, vellen, buizen en profielen van kunststof · Antwerpen · since 1968
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Rotterdam · since 2023
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Charleroi · since 1982
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Groothandel in kantoor- en schoolbenodigdheden · Antwerpen · since 1983
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · Gembloux · since 2013
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Plastering work · Jette · since 2019
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Full-service restaurants · Anderlecht · since 2020
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General electrical installation work · Schilde · since 2005
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1991
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2021
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Liège · since 2022
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LUXEMBOURG · since 2001
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Algemene bouw van kantoorgebouwen · Schaarbeek · since 2024
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Travel agency activities · Herstal · since 1980
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Oostende · since 1987
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Schaarbeek · since 1993
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Vrachtbehandeling in zeehavens · Brasschaat · since 1994
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Other research and development on natural sciences · since 1997
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since 2019
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Plumbing work · Wezembeek-Oppem · since 2025
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Aiseau-Presles · since 1964
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Wallpapering and laying of floor and wall coverings in other materials · Antwerpen · since 1967
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1989
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Awans · since 1990
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Asse · since 2001
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Business and other management consultancy · Aarschot · since 2016
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Renting and leasing of other personal and household goods · Haacht · since 2021
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Vervaardiging van beschuit, biscuit en houdbaar banketbakkerswerk · Tubize · since 2012
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Other financial services · Wichelen · since 2025
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Liège · since 1975
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Gent · since 1973
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Anderlecht · since 2017
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Plastering work · Anderlecht · since 2011