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.
“GIMALO”
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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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Lievegem · since 2002
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Florenville · since 2023
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Vermogensbeheer · Genk · since 2025
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Abbreviation of GILBERT'S MANAGEMENT COMPANY · Activities of holding companies · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 1990
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Rumst · since 2014
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 1988
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Activities of head offices · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Activities of holding companies · Nijlen · since 2016
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Vermogensbeheer · Waterloo · since 2016
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Advertising agencies · Wetteren · since 2020
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Vermogensbeheer · Wielsbeke · since 2023
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Cafés and bars · Fleurus · since 2023
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Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · Temse · since 2026
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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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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Laying of wooden floor and wall coverings · HEINERCHEID · since 2005
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Liège · since 2023
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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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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Sankt Vith · since 2000
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Vermogensbeheer · Gent · since 2020
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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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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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Groothandel in metalen en metaalertsen · Nijlen · since 2006
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Freight transport by road · Willebroek · since 2025
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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