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.
“GEVEM”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Assenede · since 2009
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Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1983
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Business and other management consultancy · Amel · since 2008
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Logistics services · Zoersel · since 2000
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Other legal services · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2002
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Zoersel · since 2026
Names that resemble it 39 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of lighting equipment · Kontich · since 1974
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Trade name of G.V. · Groothandel in verlichtingsapparatuur · Antwerpen · since 1979
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Market research and public opinion polling · Brussel · since 1997
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Activities of holding companies · Maldegem · since 2015
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Other building finishing work · since 1977
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Abbreviation of Vereniging van Gewezen Vlaamse Volksvertegenwoordigers · Brussel · since 2001
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General electrical installation work · Elsene · since 1976
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Zoersel · since 1991
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Abbreviation of Gevers Patents · Other legal services · Machelen (Brab.) · since 1993
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Dental practice · Retie · since 1995
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Lede · since 2013
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Herent · since 2014
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Maldegem · since 2007
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1997
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Nijlen · since 2024
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Abbreviation of GEM 2be · Other specialised construction activities · Waasmunster · since 1993
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Abbreviation of Groupe d'Enseignement Mathématique · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 1998
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Other support activities for arts and performing arts · Antwerpen · since 2001
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General electrical installation work · since 2014
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Abbreviation of POUR UNE GOUVERNANCE EUROPEENNE MULTILINGUE · Brussel · since 2014
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Abbreviation of GLI EVENTI MUSICALI · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2015
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Antwerpen · since 2020
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Schoten · since 2021
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Other information service activities · Zaventem · since 2021
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Philippeville · since 2008
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Landscape service activities · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2009
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since 2020
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Paris 17e · since 1972
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Other specialised construction activities · Pont-à-Celles · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2014
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Bricklaying and masonry work · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2019
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Schaarbeek · since 2009
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General electrical installation work · Kapellen · since 2004
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Name of an establishment of GEVELCO GEVELBEPLEISTERING · Plastering work · Zonhoven · since 2005
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Vervaardiging van wijn uit druiven · Overijse · since 2024
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Elsene · since 1968
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Abbreviation of GENERAL ELITE MANAGEMENT · Other sports activities · Brakel · since 2011
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Freight transport by road · Beersel · since 1997