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.
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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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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Elsene · since 2018
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LUXEMBOURG · since 2010
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Abbreviation of GILLET BERNARD MEDECINE GENERALE · General medical practice · Ciney · since 2012
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Gembloux · since 2026
Names that resemble it 31 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Groothandel in verlichtingsapparatuur · Geel · since 2007
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Liège · since 2023
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Abbreviation of GENTSE IMMOBILIEN BUELINCKX · Gent · since 1977
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Abbreviation of Geleens Installatie Bedrijf · Geleen · since 1978
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Abbreviation of GRUPPO ITALIA Divisione Belgio · Vervaardiging van kantoor- en winkelmeubelen · Elsene · since 1988
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Abbreviation of GROUP IMMO BELGE · Ukkel · since 2012
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2015
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Abbreviation of GROUPE IMMOBILIER BELGE · Overige bemiddeling in effecten- en goederencontracten, muv crowdfunding · Waterloo · since 2011
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2008
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Handelsbemiddeling in de groothandel in landbouwgrondstoffen, levende dieren en textielgrondstoffen en halffabricaten · Nivelles · since 1989
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General electrical installation work · Manage · since 1991
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Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · Zulte · since 2023
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Freight transport by road · Wielsbeke · since 1972
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Brussel · since 1985
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Handelsbemiddeling in de groothandel in landbouwgrondstoffen, levende dieren en textielgrondstoffen en halffabricaten · Aalst · since 1989
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Brussel · since 1989
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Retail sale of footwear · Meerhout · since 1996
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · since 2015
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Activities of holding companies · Zedelgem · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Grace International Baptist Church · Brugge · since 2016
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Activities of holding companies · Hasselt · since 2010
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2017
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 1990
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2021
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Ellezelles · since 1981
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Waimes · since 1992
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 2003
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Zoersel · since 2015
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since 2005
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Abbreviation of Gini Benelux Company · Buggenhout · since 1973