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.
“GHEMES”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Anzegem · since 2017
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General construction of residential buildings · Brugge · since 2022
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Braine-l'Alleud · since 1979
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Groothandel in lederwaren en reisartikelen · Dentergem · since 1988
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Cafés and bars · Grimbergen · since 1988
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Activities of holding companies · Ieper · since 2001
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Abbreviation of GHE MilieuManagement · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Kluisbergen · since 2016
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Construction of roads and motorways · Sint-Niklaas · since 1999
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2012
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Abbreviation of EMES INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH NETWORK · Research and development on biotechnology · Liège · since 2002
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2019
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Floor and wall tiling · since 2021
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General electrical installation work · since 2022
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Antwerpen · since 2011