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.
“GERLAW”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of lawyers · Grimbergen · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Lochristi · since 2022
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Gent · since 1989
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Activities of lawyers · Niel · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of Advocatenkantoor Langerock Erik · Activities of lawyers · Berlare · since 2020
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Wholesale of timber · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1977
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Specialist medical practice · Zwevegem · since 2021
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Liège · since 2013
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Beerse · since 1994
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Aartselaar · since 1999
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Full-service restaurants · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2001
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Roofing work · Brecht · since 2019
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Activities of lawyers · Oudergem · since 2011
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · Ichtegem · since 1976
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Lier · since 2015
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Heusden-Zolder · since 2016
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Peer · since 2019
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Affligem · since 2014
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1993
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General electrical installation work · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Plombières · since 2025
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Activities of lawyers · Diest · since 2021
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Activities of lawyers · Sint-Niklaas · since 2022
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 2011
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2012