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.
“GFI”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of Gesellschaft fur Isolierungen · Gelsenkirchen · since 1979
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Abbreviation of GESTION FINANCE INVESTISSEMENT · Jodoigne · since 1989
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Insulation installation · Schaarbeek · since 1991
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Mechelen · since 1995
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Abbreviation of GREEN FI · Vermogensbeheer · Overijse · since 2014
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Office administrative and support services · since 2016
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Other specialised construction activities · Lasne · since 2009
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Abbreviation of GOLD AND FOREX INTERNATIONAL · Other financial services · Brussel · since 2005
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Launderettes and laundries for private customers · Ath · since 1999
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Abbreviation of GROUPE FONCIER D'INVESTISSEMENT ALPHA · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2015
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Ath · since 2019
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Abbreviation of The Good Food Institute Europe (Belgium) · Public relations and communication consultancy · Vorst · since 2019
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Profondeville · since 2020
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Activities of head offices · Lasne · since 2020
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Painting of buildings · since 2026
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Abbreviation of GESTION, FINANCE ET INFORMATIQUE · Computer programming · Schaarbeek · since 1976
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Abbreviation of GROUPE FONCIER D'INVESTISSEMENT ALPHA 3 · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1991
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of GEORG FISCHER · Vervaardiging van overige producten van metaal, n.e.g. · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 1989
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Mouscron · since 1994
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Abbreviation of ASBL GALGOS FORTRESS · Spa · since 2018
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Abbreviation of GENERATION FIT · Other education · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2019
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Abbreviation of GLAMPERS · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Gisenyi Family · Namur · since 2023
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Abbreviation of GOD'S FAVOUR · Ganshoren · since 2010
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Abbreviation of GUN FACTOR · Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Gofar industrie · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2025
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Abbreviation of ASBL Groupe F · Verenigingen op het vlak van milieu en mobiliteit · Elsene · since 2025
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Joinery installation · since 2017