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.
“GOFRA”
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
36 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Lier · since 1993
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Zonhoven · since 2005
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Insulation installation · Opwijk · since 2000
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Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 2011
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Londerzeel · since 1987
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Knokke-Heist · since 1987
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Cutting, shaping and finishing of stone · Wingene · since 1988
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Waregem · since 1988
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Brussel · since 1989
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Courbevoie · since 1990
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Name of an establishment · General construction of residential buildings · Antwerpen · since 1990
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Harelbeke · since 1992
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Rumst · since 1992
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Wholesale of live animals · Poperinge · since 1994
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Freight transport by road · Beerse · since 1999
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Activities of lawyers · Antwerpen · since 2001
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Landscape service activities · Beerse · since 2001
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Investigation and private security services · Maaseik · since 2002
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Name of an establishment · Real estate agency activities · Lievegem · since 2013
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Gent · since 2014
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Brussel · since 2014
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Verhuur en exploitatie van terreinen · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 2014
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2000
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Name of an establishment · Niet-gespecialiseerde groothandel in niet-diepgevroren voedingsmiddelen, dranken en genotmiddelen · Maaseik · since 2016
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Full-service restaurants · Beringen · since 2019
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Vermogensbeheer · Grobbendonk · since 2006
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Freight transport by road · Meerhout · since 2019
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Heusden-Zolder · since 2021
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Kortrijk · since 2008
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Business and other management consultancy · Izegem · since 2010
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Investigation and private security services · since 2011
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Combined facilities support activities · Eupen · since 2011
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Vervaardiging van farmaceutische grondstoffen · since 2002
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Repair and maintenance of computers and communication equipment · since 2005
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · Antwerpen · since 2005
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Business and other management consultancy · Kinrooi · since 2008
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Gembloux · since 2014
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · Hannut · since 2004
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Abbreviation of 'T ARCHIEF GENT ON FILES · Gent · since 2000
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Abbreviation of Girls on Film · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Warehousing and storage · Sint-Niklaas · since 1985
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Name of an establishment of GAUFRES GEURTS · Manufacture of rusks, biscuits and preserved pastry goods · Waremme · since 2012
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Wholesale of fruit and vegetables, excluding potatoes · Leuven · since 2004
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Full-service restaurants · Grâce-Hollogne · since 2024
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Heusden-Zolder · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Ofra Ballet · Koekelberg · since 2014
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Charleroi · since 2021