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.
“GOREST”
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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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Charleroi · since 2006
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Gent · since 2020
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Antwerpen · since 1993
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Computer programming · Roeselare · since 2022
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Mixed farming · Flobecq · since 2006
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Société d'Exploitation de restaurants · Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 1962
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 1982
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Brussel · since 1983
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Development of residential building projects · Braine-l'Alleud · since 1989
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Essen · since 1990
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Full-service restaurants · Mons · since 2013
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Real estate agency activities · Laarne · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of B.I.H. Consultant · Business and other management consultancy · Bocholt · since 2019
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Literary creation · since 2022
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Lebbeke · since 2011
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Urban planning and landscape architecture · since 2012
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Development of residential building projects · Menen · since 2003
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Name of an establishment of FORE MARNIX & CO · Sawmilling and planing of wood · Eeklo · since 2005
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Real estate agency activities · Schilde · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Forest, centre culturel · Uitgeverijen van muziekopnamen · Vorst · since 2008
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Activities of holding companies · Wichelen · since 2024
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2023
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Ukkel · since 1989
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Logging · Hotton · since 2020
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Overige bemiddeling in effecten- en goederencontracten, muv crowdfunding · Brussel · since 2009
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Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 1986
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Boussu · since 1996
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Boechout · since 2016
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Antwerpen · since 2010
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Retail sale of other second-hand goods, excluding clothing · Mortsel · since 2024
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since 1978