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.
“GRIMEX”
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
18 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of fruit and vegetables, excluding potatoes · Oostrozebeke · since 1976
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Brussel · since 1985
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Insurance agents and brokers · Stekene · since 2005
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Bad Zwischenamn · since 1983
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Brussel · since 1956
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Schaarbeek · since 1981
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Niet-gespecialiseerde groothandel in niet-diepgevroren voedingsmiddelen, dranken en genotmiddelen · De Panne · since 1990
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Other specialised design activities · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 1969
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Genappe · since 1982
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Nunspeet · since 1983
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Hooglede · since 1991
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Freight transport by road · Stabroek · since 1994
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Vermogensbeheer · Schilde · since 2020
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Raising of horses and other equines · Merbes-le-Château · since 2006
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2025
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Wholesale of other household goods · VILNIUS · since 2025
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Gesves · since 1949
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Vervaardiging van elektromotoren en van elektrische generatoren en transformatoren · Charleroi · since 1977
Names that resemble it 33 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Manufacture of other wood products · since 2014
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Activities of interior architects · since 2010
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Development of residential building projects · Hove · since 1993
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2016
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1981
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2023
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Abbreviation of GROUPE D'INTERET POUR LE MILIEU MARCHOIS · Marche-en-Famenne · since 2001
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Photography, excluding press photography · Zwalm · since 2016
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Gent · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Lint · since 2023
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · since 2020
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2021
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Real estate agency activities · Wortegem-Petegem · since 1986
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Brussel · since 1988
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 1991
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Leuven · since 1992
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Oudergem · since 1995
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Maaseik · since 1998
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Tienen · since 2002
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Risk and damage evaluation · Herstal · since 2013
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Beveiligingsactiviteiten, n.e.g. · Grimbergen · since 2016
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Ans · since 2017
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Malmedy · since 2017
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Real estate appraisal on a fee or contract basis · since 2021
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Antwerpen · since 2008
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Grimbergen · since 2010
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Grobbendonk · since 2011
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Brasschaat · since 2007
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Business and other management consultancy · Zele · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Anderlecht · since 2024
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Abbreviation of GROUPE D'INTERET MEDICAL · Namur · since 2003
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Dendermonde · since 2021
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Gent · since 2008