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.
“GMBH PROTEC”
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
22 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vervaardiging van schakel- en verdeelinrichtingen · Wetteren · since 1975
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Vervaardiging van ijzer en staal en van ferrolegeringen · Pelt · since 1986
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Activities of other sports clubs · Deinze · since 2002
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Forging of metal · since 2014
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KEMPTEN · since 2004
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Aiseau-Presles · since 1990
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General electrical installation work · since 2017
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MARKRANDSTADT · since 2005
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Repair and maintenance of electrical equipment · Hotton · since 2020
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Insulation installation · Geraardsbergen · since 2015
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Wielsbeke · since 2022
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Villeneuve d'Ascq · since 2012
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2006
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Groothandel in werkkleding · Gembloux · since 2008
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General electrical installation work · Edegem · since 2024
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Retail sale of electrical household appliances · Heusden-Zolder · since 1999
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Arendonk · since 2009
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Other business support services · Oostende · since 2005
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Lontzen · since 1995
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Voeren · since 2001
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Coating of metals · since 2022
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Retail sale of electrical household appliances · Hoogstraten · since 2013
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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HERNE · since 2011
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Aalst · since 2013
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Activities of holding companies · Koekelare · since 2016
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Other specialised construction activities · Linkebeek · since 2018
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Prievidza · since 2010
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Waterloo · since 2011
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Insulation installation · Braine-le-Château · since 1983
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1992
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Business and other management consultancy · Etterbeek · since 1993
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2000
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General electrical installation work · Fontaine-l'Evêque · since 2022
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Courcelles · since 2025
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Herve · since 2026