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.
“GIMA”
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.
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 1989
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Abbreviation of GIMA - MACHINES · Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified · Aartselaar · since 1991
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Brakel · since 1999
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Freight transport by road · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · since 2010
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Other business support services · Nijlen · since 2024
Names that resemble it 53 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other education · Lochristi · since 1993
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Vervaardiging van andere pompen en compressoren · Herentals · since 2019
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Plumbing work · Merksplas · since 2020
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Vilvoorde · since 2026
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General construction of residential buildings · Charleroi · since 2000
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Abbreviation of Groupement immobilier de Mons · Development of residential building projects · Charleroi · since 1967
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Abbreviation of Gerontologisch Instituut voor de Middenstand · Brussel · since 1964
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Abbreviation of GISTELSE IMMOBILIENVENNOOTSCHAP · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Bredene · since 1979
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Abbreviation of GILBERT'S MANAGEMENT COMPANY · Activities of holding companies · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 1990
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Name of an establishment of G.I.M. - GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION MANAGEMENT · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Leuven · since 1994
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1995
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Maaseik · since 1998
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Hairdressing and barber services · Begijnendijk · since 2000
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Aalter · since 2002
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Lievegem · since 2002
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 1988
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Other business support services · Lommel · since 2020
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Charleroi · since 2023
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Vermogensbeheer · Wielsbeke · since 2023
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Abbreviation of GESTION ET IMAGERIE MEDICALE · Brussel · since 2005
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Groothandel in metalen en metaalertsen · Nijlen · since 2006
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Abbreviation of Goods In Motion, Legal and Logistics Partners · Bemiddelingsactiviteiten in verband met goederenvervoer · Brasschaat · since 2026
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Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · Temse · since 2026
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Anderlecht · since 1976
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Support activities for crop production · Bredene · since 1987
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Other business support services · Temse · since 1988
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Izegem · since 1994
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Boechout · since 2001
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Malmedy · since 2014
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2017
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Florenville · since 2023
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Ukkel · since 2004
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Inzameling van gevaarlijk afval · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2008
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Liège · since 2023
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 1980
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Waregem · since 1968
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Abbreviation of GESTION IMMOBILIERE MODERNE · Charleroi · since 1991
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Handel · since 1999
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Name of an establishment of GESTION INTELLIGENTE DE MODULES D'IDENTIFICATION · General electrical installation work · Chaudfontaine · since 1999
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Name of an establishment · General construction of residential buildings · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2003
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Name of an establishment · Handelsbemiddeling in de groothandel in landbouwgrondstoffen, levende dieren en textielgrondstoffen en halffabricaten · Zedelgem · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Aalst · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Lier · since 2020
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Freight transport by road · Sint-Truiden · since 2021
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Charleroi · since 2022
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Nutrition and dietetics services · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2003
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Evere · since 2004
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 1999
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Abbreviation of GROND INVESTERINGSMAATSCHAPPIJ FLANDERS · Business and other management consultancy · Oostkamp · since 2000
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Abbreviation of Groupe d'Informatique médicale · Liège · since 1973
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Abbreviation of GENTSE IMMOBILIEN MAATSCHAPPIJ · Gent · since 1979
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Vervaardiging van ijzer en staal en van ferrolegeringen · Gistel · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of GROUPE IMMOBILIER MORET&MAHIEU · Buying and selling of own real estate · Quaregnon · since 2008