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.
“GRIPHUS”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Investigation and private security services · Charleroi · since 2000
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Other information service activities · Leuven · since 2019
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Engis · since 1990
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Abbreviation of GROUPE DE RECHERCHE ET D'INFORMATION SUR LA PAIX ET LA SECURITE · Market research and public opinion polling · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1980
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Zele · since 1997
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Abbreviation of GELIJKE RECHTEN VOOR IEDERE PERSOON MET EEN HANDICAP · Overige maatschappelijke dienstverlening zonder huisvesting voor ouderen of personen met een handicap · Schaarbeek · since 2000
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Antwerpen · since 2014
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Other technical testing and analysis · Rotselaar · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Mechelen · since 2019
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Abbreviation of GRIP SPORTS CONSULTANCY · Activities of holding companies · Vilvoorde · since 2021
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Abbreviation of global restructuring and insolvency professionals · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2021
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Office administrative and support services · since 2026
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Activities of lawyers · Herent · since 2022
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Other education · since 2024