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.
“GROOOT”
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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Personenvervoer over binnenwateren · Gent · since 2005
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Activities of lawyers · Gent · since 2023
Names that resemble it 26 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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PUTTEN · since 2021
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Plumbing work · Verviers · since 2024
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Westerlo · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Mol · since 2021
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1994
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Name of an establishment of DeWoCo · Business and other management consultancy · Lubbeek · since 2017
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Other business support services · Ronse · since 2006
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Gent · since 1965
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Event catering · Maarkedal · since 1978
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Name of an establishment of PHILIPPE DELVAUX · Cafés and bars · Anderlecht · since 1985
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Dendermonde · since 1987
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Beheer van financiële markten · Gent · since 2016
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · De Haan · since 2016
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Bouw van civieltechnische werken voor vloeistoffen, n.e.g. · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of CT FOOD · Full-service restaurants · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2023
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2026
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Westerlo · since 1979
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Abbreviation of Studio Groove · Grimbergen · since 2017
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Cultural education · since 2021
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General construction of residential buildings · Mechelen · since 2022
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Liège · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Groovy Collective · Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Gent · since 2025
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Mobile food service activities · since 2026
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Mont-Saint-Guibert · since 1986
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Other business support services · Vorselaar · since 2023