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.
“GRAAF”
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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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2013
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Full-service restaurants · since 2015
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Hotels and similar accommodation · since 2018
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Other specialised design activities · since 2022
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2022
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Advertising agencies · Bonheiden · since 2011
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Interior design · Koksijde · since 2012
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Joinery installation · Koksijde · since 2023
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Trade name of Allinco · General construction of other non-residential buildings · Asse · since 2024
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Other printing · since 2017
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Cafés and bars · Zandhoven · since 2020
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Vervaardiging van overige kleding en toebehoren, n.e.g. · since 2020
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Activiteiten van bloedtransfusiecentra, bloedbanken, spermabanken, organenbanken en dergelijke · Elsene · since 2022
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Photography, excluding press photography · Stekene · since 2022
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Bemiddeling in en het in de handel brengen van octrooien · Anzegem · since 2026
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Overige plantenvermeerdering · since 1997
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Literary creation · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of KONINKLIJK ONDERSTEUNINGSCENTRUM TER ENGELEN TEVONA · Instellingen met huisvesting voor minderjarigen met een mentale handicap · Genk · since 1961
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Nieuwendijk · since 1980
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Other business support services · Etterbeek · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Vereniging van Mede-eigenaars Residentie DE GRAAF te 3840 Borgloon, · Borgloon · since 2004
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Oudsbergen · since 2008
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2018
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Dilbeek · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Dilbeek · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Meise · since 2026
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Production of cinema films · Gent · since 2013
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Ninove · since 2019
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Support activities for crop production · Sint-Niklaas · since 2001
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Abbreviation of GROUPE DE REFLEXION ET D'ACTION POUR L'AVENIR DE LA CONSTRUCTION EUROPEENNE · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2015
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Abbreviation of GROUPEMENT REGIONAL DES ASSOCIATIONS AUTONOMES LOCALES · since 2003
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Abbreviation of Grondrecyclage Antwerpen · Materials recovery from waste · Gent · since 2017
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Demolition · since 2021
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Retail sale of antiques · since 1989
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Aartselaar · since 1995
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Haaltert · since 2003
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Retail sale of bicycles · Destelbergen · since 2020
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Brussel · since 1972