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.
“GILVA”
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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Business and other management consultancy · Avelgem · since 2000
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Business and other management consultancy · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2025
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2021
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Tervuren · since 1979
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · Zaventem · since 1984
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Zele · since 1983
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Heusden-Zolder · since 1997
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Brussel · since 2002
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Joinery installation · Lubbeek · since 2008
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Beerse · since 2009
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Activities of head offices · Gent · since 2010
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Kraainem · since 2023
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1986
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Bierbeek · since 2025
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Lier · since 1994
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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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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Bertem · since 2026
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Landscape service activities · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Opdrachthoudend samenwerkingsverband Land van Aalst voor Milieu · Inzameling van ongevaarlijk afval · Aalst · since 2003
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Abbreviation of Gestion Immobilière Liègeoise · Aywaille · since 1947