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.
“GERWIN”
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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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Niklaas · since 1988
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 1993
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Retail sale of other household articles · Kortenaken · since 2019
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2023
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Duisburg · since 1975
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · Ichtegem · since 1976
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Edegem · since 1986
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Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 1998
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Grobbendonk · since 1999
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Affligem · since 2014
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1993
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Painting of buildings · since 2021
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · Couvin · since 2010
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2022
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since 1980
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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since 2010
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Renting and leasing of other personal and household goods · since 2017
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2025
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since 1986
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since 1996
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · since 2009
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Joinery installation · since 2018
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 1991
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since 2000
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Pig breeding farms · since 1992
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2004
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Repair and maintenance of electrical equipment · since 2026
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Activities of holding companies · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 2009