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.
“GERDO”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of fruit and vegetables, excluding potatoes · Tielt · since 2002
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Activities of holding companies · Diepenbeek · since 2018
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Kapellen · since 2023
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Activities of head offices · Langemark-Poelkapelle · since 2020
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1993
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Other education · since 2007
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Cafés and bars · Lanaken · since 2025
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · Geel · since 1982
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Inland freight water transport · Aarschot · since 2018
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Activiteiten van loterijen en kansspelen · Aalst · since 1992
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Business and other management consultancy · Lokeren · since 2025
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Other specialised construction activities · Kortrijk · since 1993
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Kapelle-op-den-Bos · since 1987
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Business and other management consultancy · Kortrijk · since 1996
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Retail sale of electrical household appliances · since 1982
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Ingelmunster · since 2022
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Painting of buildings · Ieper · since 2007
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Abbreviation of Gestion et Exploitation rurale · Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Tournai · since 1981
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Real estate agency activities · Sambreville · since 1988
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Ukkel · since 1993
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Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · Genk · since 1995
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Discotheken, dancings en dergelijke · Laakdal · since 2013
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Activities of bailiffs · Wevelgem · since 2021
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Trade name of DOKTERS VAN GEYT – DE SMET GERIATRIE - ENDOCRINOLOGIE · Specialist medical practice · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2021
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Capelle aan den IJssel · since 1981
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Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 1991
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Bricklaying and masonry work · Waregem · since 2023
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Removal services · Antwerpen · since 2007