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.
“GERMINA”
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
17 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of agricultural produce and animal feed, general range · Gent · since 1968
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Name of an establishment of Gemeente Evere · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Evere · since 1968
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Verviers · since 1959
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Braine-le-Comte · since 1964
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Hasselt · since 1954
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Boussu · since 1976
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Liège · since 1987
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Boom · since 1991
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Eeklo · since 2000
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Full-service restaurants
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Book publishing · since 2013
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Plumbing work · since 2026
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 1986
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Roma 00187 · since 2000
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Kapellen · since 2001
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Torhout · since 1984
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Namur · since 2001
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other tax advisory services · Overijse · since 2021
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Roofing work · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Kalmthout · since 2008
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Arlon · since 2000
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since 1988
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Riemst · since 2021
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Physiotherapy · Genk · since 2025
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Hasselt · since 2000
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Media representation · Beerse · since 2025
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Risk and damage evaluation · Esneux · since 1981
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Agents and brokers in banking services · Waregem · since 2015
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Real estate agency activities · Duffel · since 1964
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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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Wholesale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Bornem · since 1990
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2001
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · Arendonk · since 2024
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Arendonk · since 1992
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since 2007
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2004
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Roofing work · Mol · since 2017