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.
“GODEX”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Nieuwerkerken (Limb.) · since 2017
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HAMBURG · since 2001
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Name of an establishment of NETTOYAGE A SEC VINCENT · Activiteiten van industriële wasserijen · La Louvière · since 1992
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Other education · since 2022
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Halle · since 2012
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2026
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE DE DEVELOPPEMENT EXPORT · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1996
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Risk and damage evaluation · Ecaussinnes · since 1997
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Activities of holding companies · Koksijde · since 1998
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Abbreviation of GOVERNMENT EXCHANGE · Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2006
Names that resemble it 25 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Waasmunster · since 1971
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Machelen (Brab.) · since 1988
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Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · Dendermonde · since 1996
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General construction of residential buildings · Mont-Saint-Guibert · since 2015
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · since 1994
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Activities of holding companies · Boechout · since 2020
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Joinery installation · Zottegem · since 2023
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Physiotherapy · since 2015
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Activities of holding companies · Hasselt · since 2005
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2006
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Activities of holding companies · Brakel · since 2008
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Koksijde · since 2015
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Manufacture of beer · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2023
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Painting of buildings · Moorslede · since 1977
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Antwerpen · since 1978
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Namur · since 1987
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · Antwerpen · since 1992
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2013
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Full-service restaurants
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Full-service restaurants · since 1991
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 2022
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1997
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Veurne · since 2005
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Abbreviation of Office de Distribution et d'Exportation · Ukkel · since 1969