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 TRUST”
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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Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 1990
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Vaduz 9490 · since 1995
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Other research and development on natural sciences · since 1997
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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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Buying and selling of own real estate · Destelbergen · since 1973
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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 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Charleroi · since 1969
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Market research and public opinion polling · Brussel · since 1987
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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 wholesale trade · Anderlecht · since 1986
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General construction of residential buildings · Fleurus · since 1988
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since 1989
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Travel agency activities · Herstal · since 1980
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Plumbing work · Wezembeek-Oppem · since 2025
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Rotterdam · since 2023
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Elsene · since 1996
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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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Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 1990
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Name of an establishment of Helan Kinderopvang · Activiteiten van bejaardenzorg aan huis, muv (thuis)verpleging · Antwerpen · since 1998
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Computer programming · Lasne · since 2000
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Name of an establishment of CELAX · Business and other management consultancy · Wuustwezel · since 2005
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1991
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Liège · since 2022
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Groothandel in overig textiel · Brussel · since 2020
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Ukkel · since 1968
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Liège · since 1975