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.
“GENERALEC”
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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General electrical installation work · Schilde · since 2005
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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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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2021
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Rotterdam · since 2023
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Plastering work · Anderlecht · since 2011
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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 49 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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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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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Brussel · since 1989
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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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LUXEMBOURG · since 2001
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Knokke-Heist · since 2004
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1993
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Site preparation · since 2010
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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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Tyre services · Ciney · since 2023
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Grimbergen · since 2024
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Plumbing work · Wezembeek-Oppem · since 2025
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Asse · since 2001
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Other financial services · Wichelen · since 2025
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Other construction installation · Herve · since 1997
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Charleroi · since 1969
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Charleroi · since 1982
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Groothandel in kantoor- en schoolbenodigdheden · Antwerpen · since 1983
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Vervaardiging van machines en apparaten voor klimaatregeling, voor niet-huishoudelijk gebruik · Seraing · since 1985
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Elsene · since 1986
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Market research and public opinion polling · Brussel · since 1987
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Financiële lease · Tongeren · since 1987
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Oudergem · since 1989
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Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 1990
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 1991
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Evere · since 1993
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Elsene · since 1996
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General cleaning of buildings · Oudergem · since 2015
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2017
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General construction of residential buildings · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2023
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Landscape service activities · since 2025
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Other specialised construction activities · Koekelberg · since 2025
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Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Anzegem · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Ukkel · since 2006
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Wholesale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Liège · since 1975
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1986
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Ukkel · since 1968
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Zaventem · since 1986
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Freight transport by road · Antwerpen · since 2018
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since 2019