Name check

Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“GIBRU”

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

6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

GIBRU same name

Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Ath · since 2000
Gibro very similar

Real estate agency activities · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1983
GEBRU very similar

Antwerpen · since 1985
GOBRU very similar

Villers-la-Ville · since 1990
WIBRU very similar

Sint-Niklaas · since 2007
C.I.B.R.U. very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation

Abbreviation of CONFEDERATION DES IMMOBILIERS DE BRUXELLES - CONFEDERATIE VAN IMMOBILIEBEROEPEN VAN BRUSSEL · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1962

Names that resemble it 7 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.

G.I.B. similar

Abbreviation of GENTSE IMMOBILIEN BUELINCKX · Gent · since 1977
GIB similar

Abbreviation of Geleens Installatie Bedrijf · Geleen · since 1978
G.I.B. similar

Abbreviation of GRUPPO ITALIA Divisione Belgio · Vervaardiging van kantoor- en winkelmeubelen · Elsene · since 1988
GIB similar

Abbreviation of GROUP IMMO BELGE · Ukkel · since 2012
G.I.B. similar

Abbreviation of GROUPE IMMOBILIER BELGE · Overige bemiddeling in effecten- en goederencontracten, muv crowdfunding · Waterloo · since 2011
SOGIBRU similar

Ukkel · since 2009
Gemibru similarin bankruptcy or liquidation

Lasne · since 1966

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