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.
“GERLO”
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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Full-service restaurants · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2001
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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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Roofing work · Brecht · since 2019
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Land surveying · since 1995
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Raising of other animals · since 1998
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Samenstellen en uitzenden van televisieprogramma’s en distributie van video’s · since 2025
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Activities of holding companies · Hechtel-Eksel · since 2019
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since 2019
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since 1990
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since 2018
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since 2021
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Gent · since 2025
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2024
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Menen · since 1995
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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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Affligem · since 2014
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1993
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Business and other management consultancy · Lochristi · since 2022
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General electrical installation work · since 2010
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Activities of lawyers · Grimbergen · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Plombières · since 2025
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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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Wholesale of timber · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1977
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Specialist medical practice · Zwevegem · since 2021
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Market research and public opinion polling · Lennik · since 1998
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Pepingen · since 1994