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.
“GHESCO”
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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Truiden · since 2020
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Beauraing · since 1988
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Charleroi · since 1989
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Name of an establishment of HESTERS · Insurance agents and brokers · Zelzate · since 2002
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Vermogensbeheer · Kortrijk · since 2011
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Business and other management consultancy · Temse · since 2019
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Groothandel in granen en zaden · Hoogstraten · since 2022
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Gent · since 1986
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Wholesale of fruit and vegetables, excluding potatoes · Oudenaarde · since 1989
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Charleroi · since 2010
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2003
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Zonhoven · since 2024
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Liège · since 1990
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Cafés and bars · Grimbergen · since 1988
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Business and other management consultancy · Menen · since 1993
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Business and other management consultancy · Kortrijk · since 2025
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Activities of head offices · Mol · since 2011
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Menen · since 1995
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Wholesale of agricultural produce and animal feed, general range · Eupen · since 1996
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Other building finishing work · Merchtem · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Eugène Schmidt en Compagnie · Machelen (Brab.) · since 1958
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Brugge · since 1938