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.
“GES”
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
22 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of GENERAL EQUIPMENT ET SERVICES · Groothandel in machines voor de mijnbouw, de bouwnijverheid en de weg- en waterbouw · Gerpinnes · since 1975
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Abbreviation of GARAGE EQUIPMENT SERVICE · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Anderlecht · since 1983
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Abbreviation of GARDIENNAGE ET SECURITE · Namur · since 1987
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Abbreviation of Gents Ecologisch Studiecentrum · Gent · since 1988
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Abbreviation of General Electronic Services · Electrical installation work in industrial facilities · Kraainem · since 1988
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Abbreviation of Sportieq · Other education · Gent · since 1993
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Abbreviation of GENERAL EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES · General electrical installation work · Lasne · since 1996
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Abbreviation of RADICAL - GLOBAL EXECUTIVE SERVICES · Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · Antwerpen · since 2003
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Abbreviation of GRANDIR EN SANTE · Verenigingen op het vlak van ziektepreventie en gezondheidsbevordering · Brussel · since 2017
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General construction of residential buildings · since 1997
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Abbreviation of GAZAOUI ELISCHAMA · Anderlecht · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Green Electric Solutions · General electrical installation work · Aalst · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Boutersem · since 2008
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Abbreviation of GREEN ENTREPRISE SERVICES · Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2012
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Abbreviation of Green Energy Solutions · Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Tielt-Winge · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Grandir en Scène · Other support activities for arts and performing arts · Namur · since 2025
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Other building finishing work · since 2025
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Herentals · since 2026
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Abbreviation of GEIE EUROPE SERVICE · Etterbeek · since 1998
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since 2001
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Other business support services · Visé · since 2004
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Abbreviation of GESMANAGEMENT · Development of non-residential building projects · Herve · since 1983
Names that resemble it 41 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Mouscron · since 1988
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1989
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Namur · since 1991
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Aywaille · since 1991
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Tongeren-Borgloon · since 1995
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Niet-gespecialiseerde groothandel in niet-diepgevroren voedingsmiddelen, dranken en genotmiddelen · Hasselt · since 1997
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Abbreviation of GUIDANCE ET ENTRAIDE SAINT - MARTIN · Courcelles · since 2002
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1992
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Computer programming · since 2014
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since 1983
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Brugge · since 2015
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Plumbing work · Schoten · since 2015
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 2016
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Vermogensbeheer · Lievegem · since 2018
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Vermogensbeheer · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Groupement Educatif et Organisationnel pour la Reconnaissance et la Gestion des EcoleS · Herve · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Lokeren · since 2022
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Demolition · Aalst · since 2009
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Abbreviation of GUARDING EFFECTIVE SECURITY INTERNATIONAL LTD · LONDON · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Wavre · since 2011
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Full-service restaurants · since 1971
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Name of an establishment of CREVENTION · Full-service restaurants · Leuven · since 2004
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Business and other management consultancy · Ranst · since 2007
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Activities of holding companies · Aalst · since 2007
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Abbreviation of GLOBAL ENABLING SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVE · Activities of business and employers' organisations · Brussel · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Global Enterprise Solutions Peeters · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Lommel · since 2023
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Activities of holding companies · Kapellen · since 2025
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Vervaardiging van artikelen van gips voor de bouw · Nivelles · since 1967
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Abbreviation of Groupe d'Exploration sous-marine et de Recherches archéologiques · Oudergem · since 1975
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Ukkel · since 1988
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Elsene · since 1988
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Abbreviation of Groupement européen des Sociétés d'Auteurs et Compositeurs · Activities of professional membership organisations · Brussel · since 1991
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Computer programming · Genappe · since 1991
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Malmedy · since 2000
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Activities of holding companies · Maaseik · since 2006
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Business and other management consultancy · Grimbergen · since 2006
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Other tax advisory services · Jette · since 1990
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1990
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General cleaning of buildings · since 2025
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Rixensart · since 1987