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.
“GENETEC”
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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Other construction installation · Namur · since 1986
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Perwez · since 2014
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Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · Retie · since 1988
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Graphic design and visual communication · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Other sports activities · since 2022
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Computer programming · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2025
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1986
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Tourist information services · Etterbeek · since 1972
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General electrical installation work · Sint-Niklaas · since 2000
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Brugge · since 2005
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Market research and public opinion polling · Châtelet · since 2007
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Gent · since 1990
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Computer programming · Beersel · since 2019
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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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Fleurus · since 1999
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Risk and damage evaluation · Duffel · since 1992
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Other construction installation · Antwerpen · since 1993
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Other construction installation · Herve · since 1997
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Business and other management consultancy · Asse · since 2003
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Abbreviation of Générations en fëte · Other support activities for arts and performing arts · Nivelles · since 2016
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Vermogensbeheer · Koksijde · since 2013
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Vermogensbeheer · Beersel · since 2020
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Abbreviation of GENESIS PULCHRAE · Schaarbeek · since 2023
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Overige accommodatie · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2011