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.
“GOESTE”
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
20 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2017
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Event catering · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · Lebbeke · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of MAUI · Cafés and bars · Oostende · since 2024
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Retail sale of household furniture · Mortsel · since 2019
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Computer programming · Roeselare · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Elsene · since 2010
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Event catering · since 2026
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brugge · since 2013
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Malmedy · since 2000
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Vermogensbeheer · Herselt · since 2018
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Antwerpen · since 2019
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Wholesale of wines and spirits · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Maaseik · since 2006
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Vervaardiging van overige kleding en toebehoren, n.e.g. · Ukkel · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of R D W · Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2012
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Name of an establishment of l'Heritage · Vervaardiging van roomijs en ander consumptie-ijs · Poperinge · since 2017
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Event catering · Menen · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Groupe d'Etudes en Santé mentale, Thérapie, Education · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1995
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Geel · since 2025
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Evergem · since 2024
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Oostende · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Gent · since 2013
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General electrical installation work · Bornem · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of STEDEBA · Full-service restaurants · Zele · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of NUYENS · Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2014
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Event catering · Sint-Niklaas · since 2019
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Event catering · Rijkevorsel · since 2023
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Cafés and bars · since 2012
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Event catering · since 2025
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Ternat · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of HUMMUS · Business and other management consultancy · Mechelen · since 2017
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Cafés and bars · Middelkerke · since 2022
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Visual arts creation · Gent · since 2018
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Activities of interior architects · since 2019
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Name of an establishment · Activities of head offices · Gent · since 2018