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.
“GHIMAR”
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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Name of an establishment of MIMIBOS · Full-service restaurants · Edegem · since 1968
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Elsene · since 1996
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Rust- en verzorgingstehuizen (RVT) · Middelkerke · since 1999
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Other education · Lochristi · since 1993
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Vervaardiging van andere elektrische apparatuur · Koksijde · since 1999
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Huy · since 1974
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Other holiday and short-stay accommodation · Damme · since 1989
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Full-service restaurants · Laarne · since 2016
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Activiteiten van slachthuizen · Ieper · since 2020
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Anderlecht · since 2024
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Activities of head offices · Gent · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 1999
Names that resemble it 8 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1991
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Turnhout · since 1993
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Zedelgem · since 1996
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Gent · since 1973
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Oudenburg · since 1983
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Vermogensbeheer · Knokke-Heist · since 1995
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General construction of other non-residential buildings · Dilbeek · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Knokke-Heist · since 2021