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Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“GRABU”

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.

  • GRABU same name
    Dental practice · Dilbeek · since 2005
  • GRABO very similar
    Plastering work · Mol · since 1987
  • GRABE very similar
    Advertising agencies · Gesves · since 2025
  • FraBu very similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2024
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • G.R.A.B. similar
    Abbreviation of Groupe Recherche Action Biodiversité : Cellule d'Initiative et d'Appui aux Projets locaux · Marchin · since 1996
  • GRAB similar
    Abbreviation of Genderrevealatomicbomb · Compositie van muziek · Leuven · since 2026
  • Grabuge similar
    Name of an establishment of BEFANA · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2022
  • Grabuge asbl similar
    Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Elsene · since 2024
  • GRAB IT similar
    Advertising agencies · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 1986
  • Grab It similar
    Other non-specialised retail sale · Kortrijk · since 2025
  • GRABAR similar
    Web portal activities · Ieper · since 2026
  • GRA similar
    Abbreviation of Grondrecyclage Antwerpen · Materials recovery from waste · Gent · since 2017
  • Demolition · since 2021
  • Grabeco similar
    Site preparation · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2014
  • Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2025
  • Grabsea similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Leuven · since 2026
  • Insulation installation · since 2018
  • since 2022

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