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.
“GIVA”
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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Abbreviation of GIVA Audiovisual Technologies · Vervaardiging van communicatieapparatuur · Ham · since 2014
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Dental practice · Hasselt · since 2022
Names that resemble it 32 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Destelbergen · since 2018
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Wholesale of other food products · Lokeren · since 1968
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2014
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Noorden · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Group IMMOVISION · Development of residential building projects · Sprimont · since 2019
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Turnhout · since 2020
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Pelt · since 2021
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Advertising agencies · since 2012
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Joinery installation · since 2006
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Event catering · Hoogstraten · since 2007
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Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · Pelt · since 1978
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Schaarbeek · since 1985
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Lichtervelde · since 2020
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Quévy · since 2011
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Pig breeding farms · Kaprijke · since 2004
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Ukkel · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Waasmunster · since 2025
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Pelt · since 1991
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Abbreviation of Go IV Excellence · Full-service restaurants · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2014
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Risk and damage evaluation · Lummen · since 2018
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Productie van eieren van pluimvee · Herentals · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Dalhem · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Veurne · since 2026
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Tielt · since 2007
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Construction of roads and motorways · since 2020
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Verhuur en lease van televisietoestellen en andere audio- en videoapparatuur · Kortrijk · since 2014
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Keerbergen · since 2015
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Ardooie · since 2012
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Activities of lawyers · since 2025
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Gistel · since 1973
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Real estate agency activities · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Esneux · since 1994