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.
“GILANE”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Saint-Rémy-De-Provence · since 2000
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Other retail sale of food · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Vilvoorde · since 2025
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Specialist medical practice · Genappe · since 2003
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Konak/Izmir · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of GILANCE 2.0 · Detailhandel in lederwaren en reisartikelen · Nivelles · since 2024
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Blankenberge · since 1987
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Full-service restaurants · Zoersel · since 2017
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Cafés and bars · since 2005
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Detailhandel in lederwaren en reisartikelen · Nivelles · since 1968
Names that resemble it 8 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Raising of horses and other equines · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2018
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Breda · since 2008
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2025
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General construction of residential buildings · Lasne · since 1987
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Speur- en ontwikkelingswerk op het gebied van de maatschappij- en geesteswetenschappen · since 2018
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Activities of holding companies · Oud-Turnhout · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Lanaken · since 2011
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Name of an establishment · Other non-specialised retail sale · Roeselare · since 2022