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Is your company name still free?

Compared with the KBO register · free

Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector.

“GRADEFA”

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.

Same or very similar names

1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.

  • GRADEFA same name
    Nursing and midwifery · Soumagne · since 2019
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • GRADE similar
    Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 1999
  • Sole trader similar
    Other specialised construction activities · since 2022
  • GRADES similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · Leuven · since 1991
  • Sole trader similar
    Graphic design and visual communication · since 2021
  • Sole trader similar
    Graphic design and visual communication · since 2021
  • Sole trader similar
    Graphic design and visual communication · since 2022
  • GRADE2 similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Rixensart · since 2011
  • GRADE UP similar
    Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · Rotselaar · since 2023
  • Grada similar
    Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Brussel · since 1968
  • GraFA similar
    Abbreviation of Gratis Festival Antwerpen · Antwerpen · since 2013
  • gradd similar
    Anderlecht · since 2006
  • Sole trader similar
    Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2008
  • DEFA similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Manhay · since 2014

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

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