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.
“GILKO”
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
20 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Blankenberge · since 2016
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Other business support services · Malle · since 2022
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Detailhandel in herenbovenkleding · Antwerpen · since 1982
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Turnhout · since 1983
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Lebbeke · since 1988
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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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Verwerking en conservering van vis en van schaal- en weekdieren · Evergem · since 1993
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General construction of other non-residential buildings · Antwerpen · since 1998
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Business and other management consultancy · Grez-Doiceau · since 2000
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Kippenkwekerijen · Pelt · since 2016
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Vermogensbeheer · Tournai · since 2018
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Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · since 2003
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Design and construction of stages and sets · Hasselt · since 2022
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General electrical installation work · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of WILKO AUTOMOBIELEN · Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Brasschaat · since 2009
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Erquelinnes · since 2009
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Visé · since 2009
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Real estate appraisal on a fee or contract basis · Antwerpen · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Oud-Heverlee · since 2004
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2023
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Boutersem · since 2009
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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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General construction of residential buildings · Aalst · since 2003
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Retail sale of beverages, general range · Genk · since 2006
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Abbreviation of Gestion Immobilière Liègeoise · Aywaille · since 1947