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.
“GERANI”
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
20 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Genk · since 1976
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 1983
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Activities of holding companies · Grimbergen · since 2006
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 1989
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Business and other management consultancy · Merelbeke-Melle · since 1995
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Activities of holding companies · Genk · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Langemark-Poelkapelle · since 2018
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Bornem · since 1966
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Other postal and courier activities · since 2014
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Middelkerke · since 1990
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Other information service activities · Antwerpen · since 2014
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Activities of head offices · Kortemark · since 2020
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Langemark-Poelkapelle · since 2026
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Retail sale of household furniture · Geel · since 2000
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Hamme (Vl.) · since 1995
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Vervaardiging van deuren en vensters van kunststof · Etterbeek · since 2006
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Lommel · since 1976
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Business and other management consultancy · Tienen · since 1988
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Beveiligingsactiviteiten, n.e.g. · since 2011
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Sint-Niklaas · since 1993
Names that resemble it 35 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Knokke-Heist · since 1987
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Market research and public opinion polling · Mons · since 1999
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Vervaardiging van overige geconfectioneerde artikelen van textiel, muv kleding · Erpe-Mere · since 2000
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Activities of holding companies · Waregem · since 2017
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Mixed farming · Sankt Vith · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Global Emergency Response Action · Hoeilaart · since 2020
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Landscape service activities · since 2010
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Assenede · since 2011
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Business and other management consultancy · Kortrijk · since 1990
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Computer programming · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Real estate agency activities · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 1990
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Vervaardiging van metalen deuren en vensters · Hulshout · since 1992
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Bouw van andere civieltechnische werken, n.e.g. · Wavre · since 2020
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Groothandel in consumptieaardappelen · Lochristi · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of 2care4care · Business and other management consultancy · Hove · since 2010
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Joinery installation · Herk-de-Stad · since 2023
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of Gérance F.C. · Real estate agency activities · La Louvière · since 1984
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Freight transport by road · Sankt Vith · since 1990
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 2017
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2021
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Hairdressing and barber services · Antwerpen · since 1993
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since 2002
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Site preparation · Awans · since 2002
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Name of an establishment · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Lebbeke · since 2015
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General electrical installation work · since 2004
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Ukkel · since 2018
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General electrical installation work · Andenne · since 2019
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Roeselare · since 2020
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Retail sale of other sporting goods · Nieuwerkerken (Limb.) · since 2021
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Vocational training · since 2004
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2005
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2024
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Name of an establishment · Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · Geel · since 1982