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.
“GILBO”
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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Turnhout · since 1983
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 1989
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Vervaardiging van machines voor de productie van textiel, kleding en leer · Aalst · since 1943
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Joinery installation · Lubbeek · since 2008
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Vermogensbeheer · Turnhout · since 2023
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Landen · since 1970
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Lebbeke · since 1988
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Abbreviation of HILBO MANAGEMENT · Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 2000
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Other business support services · Malle · since 2022
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Wellen · since 2023
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Erquelinnes · since 2009
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Abbreviation of Hulp aan de Filipijnse Rijstboer · Ternat · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Oud-Heverlee · since 2004
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Knokke-Heist · since 1999
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Dinant · since 1990
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Advertising agencies · since 2018
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Renting and leasing of other personal and household goods · La Louvière · since 1985
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Brussel · since 1991
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Abbreviation of GHIMLO · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Zedelgem · since 1996
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Antwerpen · since 2000
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Sports and recreation education · since 2010
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Abbreviation of GIL go 4 one · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2012
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Abbreviation of Groupement de l'Indépendante de Liège · Liège · since 2026
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Other specialised construction activities · Brugge · since 1994
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Business and other management consultancy · Mons · since 2014
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Vervaardiging van koffers, tassen, zadel- en tuigmakerswerk van ongeacht welk materiaal · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Gilbard ASBL · Literary creation · Anderlecht · since 2019
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General electrical installation work · since 2022
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Office administrative and support services · since 2008
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Menen · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Ronse · since 2026
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Support activities for crop production · since 2022
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Book publishing · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of BeStores · Groothandel in behang, verf en woningtextiel · Antwerpen · since 2010
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Abbreviation of Gestion Immobilière Liègeoise · Aywaille · since 1947