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.
“GETEC GMBH”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Tourist information services · Etterbeek · since 1972
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General electrical installation work · Sint-Niklaas · since 2000
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DRESDEN · since 2015
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Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · since 2001
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Wholesale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products · Etterbeek · since 2009
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of SFMJ GROUPE · Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Wemmel · since 2021
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Abbreviation of LA GENERALE TECHNIQUE ET DE COMMERCIALISATION · Kinshasa · since 1993
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Hannover · since 2016
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Osnabrück · since 2020
Names that resemble it 5 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Electrical installation work in industrial facilities · WÜRSELEN · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Neupré · since 2024
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Event catering · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2022
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Brussel · since 2011
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Putte · since 1990