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.
“GOTRACE”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Computer programming · Waterloo · since 2013
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Activities of independent sportspeople · Wezembeek-Oppem · since 2026
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Tournai · since 1993
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since 2023
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Freight transport by road · Beerse · since 1999
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 2024
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Travel agency activities · Wezembeek-Oppem · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Grace (Nederland) NV · Rotterdam · since 1971
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Market research and public opinion polling · Waterloo · since 1989
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Activities of building architects · Tremelo · since 1995
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Computer programming · Leuven · since 2017
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Zottegem · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Trace, you only have one body · Sports and recreation education · Gent · since 2019
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Abbreviation of vzw gouden truckers · Pelt · since 2020
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · since 2020
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Sports and recreation education · since 2023
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Turnhout · since 2021
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Abbreviation of TERRAIN DE RECHERCHES ARTISTIQUES CONTEMPORAINES ET EXPÉRIMENTALES · Grez-Doiceau · since 2009
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Fitness centres · Herent · since 2009
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Grimbergen · since 2010
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Sports and recreation education · since 2020
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2023
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Activiteiten van bejaardenzorg aan huis, muv (thuis)verpleging · since 2025
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Name of an establishment · Vermogensbeheer · Brasschaat · since 2019
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since 1984
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Freight transport by road · Tielt · since 2007