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.
“GEVO”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Site preparation · Sint-Niklaas · since 1988
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Wallpapering and laying of floor and wall coverings in other materials · since 2020
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Wallpapering and laying of floor and wall coverings in other materials · Doische · since 2025
Names that resemble it 29 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Deinze · since 1992
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Wijnegem · since 1993
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Landscape service activities · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2009
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Lochristi · since 2016
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CAPELLEN · since 2007
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Photography, excluding press photography · Jabbeke · since 2022
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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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Vervaardiging van maalderijproducten · Antwerpen · since 1981
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Abbreviation of GROOT-EVERGEMSE VERENIGING VOOR ARCHEOLOGIE · Evergem · since 1984
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Maaseik · since 1987
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 1992
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Pig breeding farms · Balen · since 1993
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Market research and public opinion polling · Brussel · since 1997
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General construction of residential buildings · Ledegem · since 1997
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Ondersteunende diensten in verband met de bosbouw · Peer · since 1998
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Retail sale of footwear · Asse · since 2013
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Geetbets · since 2014
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Activities of holding companies · Maldegem · since 2015
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Other postal and courier activities · since 2017
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Bricklaying and masonry work · since 2020
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Other building finishing work · since 1977
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Growing of pome and stone fruits · Hasselt · since 2008
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Retail sale of bicycles · since 2024
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · Olne · since 2022
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · since 2026
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Other building finishing work · Quévy · since 2018
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Vervaardiging van veevoeders · Dentergem · since 1992
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Elsene · since 1968