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.
“GLM Trading”
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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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Manufacture of other wood products · Grobbendonk · since 1999
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Flobecq · since 2006
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Other business support services · since 2025
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Lendelede · since 2021
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Weiwarmpach · since 2014
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Vilvoorde · since 2024
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Aalst · since 2024
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Wholesale of timber · Temse · since 1986
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2025
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Charleroi · since 2020
Names that resemble it 43 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other retail sale of food · since 2000
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Brugge · since 1990
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Scheduled passenger transport by road · Schaarbeek · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of VAN MEIRVENNE TRADING · Vervaardiging van artikelen van draad en van kettingen en veren · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1991
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Trade name of MONATEX · Groothandel in weefsels, stoffen en fournituren · Temse · since 1994
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Stabroek · since 1996
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Retail sale of bicycles · Westerlo · since 1999
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Wemmel · since 2000
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Activities of holding companies · Grobbendonk · since 2015
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Schoten · since 2014
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Kortrijk · since 2016
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Oud-Heverlee · since 2018
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Brussel · since 2019
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Deinze · since 2021
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2021
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2021
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · since 2021
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Schoten · since 2022
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Boom · since 2023
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Boom · since 2010
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Brugge · since 2007
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Manufacture of jewellery · Brussel · since 2023
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · Brussel · since 2024
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Herbeumont · since 2025
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Retail sale of pets, pet food and pet supplies · Jemeppe-sur-Sambre · since 2025
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · since 2025
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Intermediation services for non-specialised retail · Putte · since 2026
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Wholesale of other household goods · Antwerpen · since 1989
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Peer · since 2000
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Groothandel in schoeisel · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of K&M Construct · General construction of residential buildings · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Other building finishing work · since 2025
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · since 2026
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Enghien · since 2002
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Abbreviation of MANUFACTURING & TRADING · Kortrijk · since 2018
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Postdiensten in het kader van de universele dienstverplichting · Elsene · since 2003
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Niet-gespecialiseerde groothandel in niet-diepgevroren voedingsmiddelen, dranken en genotmiddelen · Genk · since 2022
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Ternat · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Ukkel · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of BM TRADING & CO · Vervaardiging van deuren en vensters van kunststof · Marche-en-Famenne · since 2011
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2023
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 2021
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Cafés and bars · since 2011