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.
“GOVIM”
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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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2017
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Halen · since 1998
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Schilde · since 2020
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Vocational training · since 2025
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General medical practice · Anzegem · since 2025
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Terheijden · since 2026
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Waregem · since 1985
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Abbreviation of Groupe Opérateur en Technologie, Information et Management de l'Environnement · Business and other management consultancy · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1992
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Activities of holding companies · Kontich · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Evergem · since 2023
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Groothandel in veevoeders · SLIEDRECHT · since 2024
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Cafés and bars · Liège · since 2025
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Oudergem · since 1986
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Full-service restaurants · Laarne · since 1984
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Abbreviation of GOVI PRODUCTION COMPANY · Vervaardiging van geraffineerde aardolieproducten en van producten uit fossiele brandstoffen · Gent · since 1993
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Abbreviation of Gezonde Ontspanning Voor Iedereen · Hechtel-Eksel · since 2019
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Hasselt · since 2003
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Business and other management consultancy · Ledegem · since 2012
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Activities of holding companies · Wichelen · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Wanze · since 2001
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Rebecq · since 2022
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2024
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Mouscron · since 1989
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Abbreviation of OOSTENDSE VISSERIJ- EN INVESTERINGSMAATSCHAPPIJ · Financiële lease · Oostende · since 1990
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Gent · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of OVIM CONSTRUCT · Other specialised construction activities · Jette · since 2020