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.
“GOVAR”
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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Pig breeding farms · Sint-Niklaas · since 1994
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Rotselaar · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Wichelen · since 1990
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Insulation installation · Roosdaal · since 1992
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Business and other management consultancy · Duffel · since 1993
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Plumbing work · since 2014
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Vermogensbeheer · Schilde · since 2013
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Wholesale of live animals · Veurne · since 2020
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Kortenaken · since 2023
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Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1969
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Pig breeding farms · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2008
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Ardooie · since 2024
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Ardooie · since 2012
Names that resemble it 31 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of GOVAERTS · General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Malle · since 1981
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Zoutleeuw · since 1991
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Abbreviation of BOUWWERKEN GOVA · Bricklaying and masonry work · Herentals · since 2011
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Specialist medical practice · Hasselt · since 2023
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Dental practice · Tienen · since 2022
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Lichtervelde · since 1983
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Eeklo · since 2000
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since 1982
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Painting of buildings · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Kuurne · since 2018
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Activities of building architects · Putte · since 2010
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Physiotherapy · since 2000
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Brasschaat · since 2024
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Oostkamp · since 1966
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Bree · since 1987
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Mouscron · since 1989
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Aalst · since 1993
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Winning van sier- en bouwsteen · Wuustwezel · since 1998
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Wholesale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · since 2013
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Detailhandel in tapijten en andere vloerbedekking en wandbekleding · Moorslede · since 2015
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Advertising agencies · Oudenaarde · since 2017
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Groothandel in behang, verf en woningtextiel · Brugge · since 2018
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of NM Bouw-en Renovatiewerken · Activities of head offices · Blankenberge · since 2010
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Vervaardiging van kunststoffen in primaire vormen · Alken · since 2012
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Psychology services · Ternat · since 2006
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Activities of lawyers · Merchtem · since 2025
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Antwerpen · since 1991
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Schaarbeek · since 1993
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2006
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Kaprijke · since 2017