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.
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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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Mol · since 1984
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Name of an establishment of CRAFT BEER BARS · Cafés and bars · Brussel · since 2022
Names that resemble it 28 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of LES GRENADIERS DE LA GARDE IMPERIALE DE SOIGNIES · Binche · since 1987
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Full-service restaurants · Saint-Nicolas · since 1988
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Abbreviation of GESIMSAMBRE · Jodoigne · since 1989
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Knokke-Heist · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of G&V Caps Energy · Wholesale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products · Waregem · since 1997
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Other construction installation · Aalst · since 2002
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Full-service restaurants · Gembloux · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Garcia Invest & Solutions · Other building finishing work · Edegem · since 2018
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Abbreviation of GRAUS · Activiteiten van industriële designers · Beerse · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Global Infrastructural Services · Market research and public opinion polling · Pelt · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Geo Investment Square · Business and other management consultancy · Edegem · since 2021
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Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Development of residential building projects · Lievegem · since 1986
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Detailhandel in kledingaccessoires · Zonhoven · since 1995
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Abbreviation of GROUPEMENT INTER SOCIETES POUR LA GESTION DE LA SALLE DE SOURBRODT · Cafés and bars · Waimes · since 1996
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Investigation and private security services · since 1990
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Abbreviation of GLOBAL INDUSTRIAL SOURCING & LOGISTICS · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brasschaat · since 2015
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Flobecq · since 2023
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Hairdressing and barber services · Anderlues · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Global Industrial Supplies & Services · Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Oudergem · since 2024
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Abbreviation of GENERAL INTELLIGENCE SERVICES AND CONSULTING · General construction of residential buildings · Waterloo · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Gebouwen Infra & Sloop Coördinatie · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Aalst · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of GV Retail · Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2017
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Full-service restaurants · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of Sablon · Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 1983
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Wholesale of live animals · Ieper · since 1992
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Verenigingen en bewegingen voor volwassenen · Gistel · since 2025
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Manufacture of beer · Mol · since 2024