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.
“GIO-JO”
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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Knokke-Heist · since 2020
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Deinze · since 2013
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Visual arts creation · since 2022
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Abbreviation of GEHECHTHEID IN ONTWIKKELING · Other educational support services · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2020
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Vervaardiging van metalen deuren en vensters · Dentergem · since 2022
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Land surveying · Waterloo · since 2020
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Jurbise · since 2021
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · since 2022
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Brussel · since 2004
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Lennik · since 2025
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Event catering · Charleroi · since 2025