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.
“GEWAL”
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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2008
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Damme · since 1989
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Lier · since 1971
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Name of an establishment of Ubuntu Achtkanter · Instellingen met huisvesting voor volwassenen met een mentale handicap · Kortrijk · since 1979
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Abbreviation of Gîtes et Itinéraires de Wallonie · Esneux · since 1987
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Vervaardiging van metalen deuren en vensters · Hulshout · since 1992
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Veterinary services · Pelt · since 1993
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Vervaardiging van houten deuren en vensters · Tournai · since 1999
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Joinery installation · Anzegem · since 2000
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Abbreviation of Comité des Entreprises de Walcourt · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Walcourt · since 2016
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Activities of head offices · Retie · since 2011
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Rotselaar · since 2005
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Activities of holding companies · Namur · since 2025
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · since 2026
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Gent · since 1993
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Joinery installation · Mol · since 2023
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2007
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Ninove · since 2009
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Abbreviation of SARL GENERALE ELECTRIQUE WINGLOISE · Wingles · since 1994
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Abbreviation of GROUPEMENT ECONOMIQUE WANZOIS · Wanze · since 1998
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Verhuur en lease van televisietoestellen en andere audio- en videoapparatuur · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 1983
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Raising of dairy cattle · since 1991
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · Boutersem · since 2024