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.
“GIMACOM”
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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Anderlecht · since 1976
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Abbreviation of GILBERT'S MANAGEMENT COMPANY · Activities of holding companies · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 1990
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 1988
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Vermogensbeheer · Wielsbeke · since 2023
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2017
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Diepenbeek · since 1990
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Full-service restaurants · since 1996
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Wholesale of perfume and cosmetics · Heusden-Zolder · since 1997
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 1999
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News agency activities · Elsene · since 1990
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other specialised construction activities · Denderleeuw · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Berlare · since 2001
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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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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Maasmechelen · since 2004
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Business and other management consultancy · Lubbeek · since 2006
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Uitgeven van kranten · Kontich · since 1983
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Other education · Lochristi · since 1993
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Destelbergen · since 1996
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Biddinghuizen · since 1999
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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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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2022
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Vilvoorde · since 2026
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1966
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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