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.
“GERMACO”
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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Vermogensbeheer · Ieper · since 1990
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Paris · since 1977
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Genk · since 1987
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Abbreviation of DSVL IMMO · Market research and public opinion polling · Soignies · since 1989
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Abbreviation of GESTION - MANAGEMENT - COMMERCIALISATION · Groothandel in metalen en metaalertsen · Herstal · since 1990
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Brussel · since 1994
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Lebbeke · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Gevers Management & Consulting · Activities of holding companies · Arendonk · since 2012
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Abbreviation of Terrassements Mécaniques Courcelles · Site preparation · Courcelles · since 1968
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Other tax advisory services · Lendelede · since 1983
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Roofing work · Deinze · since 1987
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Knokke-Heist · since 1995
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Zedelgem · since 1999
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Aalter · since 2019
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Freight transport by road · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Geboers Management en Consulting · Activities of holding companies · Lommel · since 2022
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Real estate agency activities · Bredene · since 2009
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Roofing work · LE BREUIL · since 2025
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Ninove · since 2025
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Machining of metals · Herselt · since 2026
Names that resemble it 29 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Real estate agency activities · Duffel · since 1964
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Wholesale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Bornem · since 1990
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Vermogensbeheer · Izegem · since 2015
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Zele · since 2022
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Detailhandel in tabaksproducten · since 1990
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Wielsbeke · since 2024
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Retail sale of household furniture · Geel · since 2000
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Activities of bailiffs · Oostende · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2019
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · since 2015
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Productie van edelmetalen · since 1985
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Plastering work · Schaarbeek · since 2008
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Business and other management consultancy · Maarkedal · since 2025
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Wevelgem · since 1970
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Leuven · since 1994
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Gent · since 2020
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Advertising agencies · Lasne · since 2004
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Activities of holding companies · Oud-Turnhout · since 2026
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Vervaardiging van metalen deuren en vensters · Rumst · since 1973
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Schilde · since 1984
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Growing of flowers · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1988
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Lierde · since 1991
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2001
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Business and other management consultancy · Gistel · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Kalmthout · since 2008
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · Arendonk · since 2024
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Roofing work · Mol · since 2017
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Ardooie · since 1975