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.
“GRADISON”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Hasselt · since 2003
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Name of an establishment of BELGOTRADING CY · Wholesale of diamonds and other precious stones · Antwerpen · since 1988
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Theux · since 2026
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Liège · since 2014
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2008
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · since 2016
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Brussel · since 1990
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Inland freight water transport · since 2000
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Name of an establishment of New Godison · Full-service restaurants · Tienen · since 2009
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Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Bornem · since 2004
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Landscape service activities · since 2023
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Ganshoren · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of Turbo Antwerp · Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Land surveying · Marchin · since 2026
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Full-service restaurants · Liège · since 2015
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Verviers · since 1992