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.
“GIRAL”
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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Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · Hastière · since 1984
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Name of an establishment of HORECA INVEST GROUP · Cafés and bars · Gent · since 2002
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Other business support services · Gent · since 2016
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Full-service restaurants · Neerpelt · since 2018
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amsterdam · since 2019
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Activities of head offices · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2020
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Productie van televisieprogramma's · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Hove · since 2011
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Other construction installation · Antwerpen · since 2005
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Name of an establishment of GIRBAL-LE SOIN DU VIN · Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 1996
Names that resemble it 30 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of footwear · Brugge · since 1973
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Wholesale of wines and spirits · Knokke-Heist · since 1997
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NIERGNIES · since 2004
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Office administrative and support services · Saint-Ghislain · since 2023
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General electrical installation work · Maaseik · since 2002
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Shukrana · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Floreffe · since 2021
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Computer programming · Landen · since 2022
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Translation services · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Sankt Vith · since 2009
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Other information service activities · Beerse · since 2011
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Antwerpen · since 2007
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Vocational training · Antwerpen · since 2007
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Abbreviation of Airsoft team GIR · Seraing · since 2012
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Antwerpen · since 1992
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Detailhandel in kledingstoffen · Tielt-Winge · since 2012
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Production of cinema films · Elsene · since 2014
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Day nurseries and crèches · since 2026
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Vocational training · Theux · since 2009
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Day nurseries and crèches · since 2012
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General medical practice · Hasselt · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of DE SAVANNE · Day nurseries and crèches · Roeselare · since 2024
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General construction of residential buildings · Brussel · since 2020
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2021
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Abbreviation of LABORATOIRE STELLY - CERAM · Linkebeek · since 1969
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Knokke-Heist · since 2018
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Painting of buildings · since 2022