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.
“GIRI”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 1991
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Gent · since 2019
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2009
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Other postal and courier activities · since 2024
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Antwerpen · since 2018
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Full-service restaurants · Leuven · since 1997
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Computer programming · since 2026
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Nursing and midwifery · Waasmunster · since 2002
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Abbreviation of Airsoft team GIR · Seraing · since 2012
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Activities of holding companies · Waregem · since 2024
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Vervaardiging van roomijs en ander consumptie-ijs · Deinze · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Groupement National du Commerce d'Importation et de Repartition de la Laine · Brussel · since 1944
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Abbreviation of GROUPEMENT INTERNATIONAL DE LA REPARTITION PHARMACEUTIQUE EUROPEENNE · Market research and public opinion polling · Etterbeek · since 1998
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Ans · since 2013
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Brugge · since 2023
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General medical practice · Eghezée · since 2023
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FRIBOURG · since 1999
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Vervaardiging van elektronische onderdelen · Zandhoven · since 2003
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2025
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Oudergem · since 1989
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Retail sale of other sporting goods · Torhout · since 1998
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Engis · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Westerlo · since 2024
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Abbreviation of LABORATOIRE STELLY - CERAM · Linkebeek · since 1969
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2018