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.
“GREALPA”
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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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Charleroi · since 1990
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Vilvoorde · since 2014
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Overige accommodatie · Brussel · since 2009
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Advertising agencies · Oudergem · since 1991
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Sports and recreation education · since 2015
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Vervaardiging van keukenmeubelen · Geel · since 2015
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Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 2017
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Vervaardiging van overige kleding en toebehoren, n.e.g. · since 2020
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Other support activities for arts and performing arts · Gent · since 1988
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General construction of residential buildings · Izegem · since 1990
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Activities of holding companies · Ternat · since 1993
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Alken · since 1993
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La Louvière · since 2001
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Abbreviation of Accompagnement des liens post-adoption · Theux · since 2012
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Other building finishing work · since 1993
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Nursing and midwifery · Kortrijk · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of HOBBYSTOCK · Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Balen · since 2005
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2008
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Trade name of ALPACK · Vervaardiging van gegolfd papier, golfkarton en verpakkingsmateriaal van papier en karton · Lebbeke · since 1980
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Antwerpen · since 1987