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.
“GERIBEL”
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
15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Roeselare · since 1999
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Pajottegem · since 1972
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Joinery installation · Rijkevorsel · since 1966
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Plastering work · since 2023
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Braine-le-Comte · since 1968
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Gent · since 1987
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Groothandel in machines voor de mijnbouw, de bouwnijverheid en de weg- en waterbouw · Ingelmunster · since 1989
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Malmedy · since 1992
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Wholesale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Binche · since 1996
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Brussel · since 2023
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Activities of holding companies · Elsene · since 2009
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Charleroi · since 2026
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Elsene · since 1968
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Brussel · since 1977
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Brussel · since 1990
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2026
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Market research and public opinion polling · Brussel · since 1989
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Edegem · since 2022
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Abbreviation of GROUPE D'ETUDES ET DE RECHERCHE INTER CULTURELLES · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2012
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Support activities for crop production · Merksplas · since 2008
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Rusthuizen voor ouderen (ROB) · Binche · since 2002
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Beernem · since 2003
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Activities of holding companies · Oud-Turnhout · since 2026
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Namur · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of ASCONA · Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Kortrijk · since 1990
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Menen · since 1991
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Combined facilities support activities · Wetteren · since 1994
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Namur · since 2000
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Groothandel in zuivelproducten en eieren · NEDERWEERT · since 2016
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Service activities incidental to land transportation · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2021