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.
“GEPATRA”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Freight transport by road · Harelbeke · since 2016
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Geraardsbergen · since 2014
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Freight transport by road · Ternat · since 2005
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Kontich · since 2015
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Haaltert · since 1988
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Trade name of VANSLAMBROUCK - DESMET · Freight transport by road · Zedelgem · since 1991
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Wavre · since 1990
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Antwerpen · since 1992
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Abbreviation of GROUPEMENT D'EMPLOYEURS PAYSANS-ARTISANS · Temporary employment agencies and other provision of personnel · Floreffe · since 2015
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Wholesale of industrial chemicals · Nijlen · since 1988
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Wommelgem · since 1989
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Abbreviation of GROUPE EUROPEEN DE PARTICIPATION · Luxembourg 2324 · since 1997
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Other building finishing work · Sint-Niklaas · since 2011
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Abbreviation of A TRAVERS LES ARTS! · Vorst · since 2009
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Plumbing work · since 2025
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Merelbeke-Melle · since 1991
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Etterbeek · since 1998