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.
“GRANDESS”
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.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Aalter · since 2025
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Development of residential building projects · Etalle · since 2024
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Meerhout · since 2011
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · since 2007
Names that resemble it 25 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Mechelen · since 1986
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2018
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Other education · Ieper · since 2022
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Elsene · since 1993
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Real estate agency activities · Gent · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of BOYD Nivelles · Vervaardiging van andere producten van rubber · Nivelles · since 1968
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Event catering · since 2017
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Specialist medical practice · Aalst · since 2023
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Verwerking en conservering van vis en van schaal- en weekdieren · Brussel · since 1981
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Tourist information services · since 2025
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Antwerpen · since 1978
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1995
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Day nurseries and crèches · Flémalle · since 1996
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Sports and recreation education · Lier · since 2020
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Development of residential building projects · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2020
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Raising of horses and other equines · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2021
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Sports and recreation education · since 2023
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Vaux-sur-Sûre · since 2003
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General electrical installation work · Gent · since 2025
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Overige accommodatie · Schaarbeek · since 2010
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Hasselt · since 2017
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Painting of buildings · since 2019
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Elsene · since 2021
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Zoersel · since 1985