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.
“GERMAU”
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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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Wielsbeke · since 2024
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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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Mixed farming · Jodoigne · since 2015
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Ronse · since 1993
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Activities of holding companies · Jabbeke · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Lochristi · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Péruwelz · since 2024
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Activities of holding companies · Houthulst · since 2024
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Roofing work · Mol · since 2017
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Anderlecht · since 1990
Names that resemble it 32 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Vermogensbeheer · Ieper · since 1990
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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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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Aalter · since 2019
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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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since 2006
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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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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Schilde · since 1984
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Middelkerke · since 1987
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Growing of flowers · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1988
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2001
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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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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2023
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since 1992
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2016
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 1989
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Performing arts by independent artists · Gavere · since 2005
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since 1989
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Riemst · since 2021
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Specialist medical practice · Evere · since 2023
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Physiotherapy · Genk · since 2025
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Other personal services · since 2025
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Activities of head offices · Eeklo · since 2025