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.
“GREFRA”
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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Malle · since 1992
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Site preparation · since 2017
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Brussel · since 1968
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Groothandel in vis en schaal- en weekdieren · Brugge · since 1983
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General construction of residential buildings · Antwerpen · since 1990
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Rumst · since 1992
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Investigation and private security services · Maaseik · since 2002
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Vervaardiging van farmaceutische grondstoffen · since 2002
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Kortrijk · since 2026
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Gingelom · since 2021
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Landscape service activities · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of Francken-Bové · Landscape service activities · Kalmthout · since 2026
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De Haan · since 1989
Names that resemble it 8 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1990
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Growing of pome and stone fruits · Sint-Truiden · since 2002
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Business and other management consultancy · Tielt · since 2019
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Painting of buildings · since 2020
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Site preparation · Kortemark · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2006
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Activiteiten van industriële designers · Zwevegem · since 2024
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Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1992