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.
“GHOLD”
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
15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Cutting, shaping and finishing of stone · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 1996
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Wholesale of other household goods · Wevelgem · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Schoten · since 1999
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Knokke-Heist · since 1995
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Brasschaat · since 2002
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Activities of holding companies · Hoogstraten · since 2015
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Activities of head offices · Genk · since 2016
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Activities of holding companies · Kortrijk · since 2016
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Purmerend · since 2018
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Activities of head offices · Dendermonde · since 2019
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Computer programming · Gent · since 2020
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Other business support services · Kortrijk · since 2004
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Activities of holding companies · Brasschaat · since 2024
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Other business support services · Elsene · since 2025
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Boomkwekerijen, muv bosboomkwekerijen · Charleroi · since 2003
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of GROUPEMENT HIPPIQUE DE L'OUEST · Sambreville · since 2001
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Vervaardiging van schakel- en verdeelinrichtingen · since 1992
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Activities of holding companies · Brasschaat · since 2015
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Other business support services · Schoten · since 2019
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Activities of holding companies · Geel · since 2023
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Engis · since 2011
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2024
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Vermogensbeheer · Knokke-Heist · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Enghien · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2005
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Activities of holding companies · Awans · since 2010