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.
“GROPA”
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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Chambre Syndicale des Grossistes en Parfumerie · Brussel · since 1968
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General construction of residential buildings · Hasselt · since 1977
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Name of an establishment of GEROPA SPORT · Vervaardiging van gebreide en gehaakte kleding · Hamont-Achel · since 1980
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Wemmel · since 2014
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Rotterdam · since 2021
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Mixed farming · Wevelgem · since 2007
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Genk · since 2019
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Name of an establishment · Vermogensbeheer · Rotselaar · since 2021
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Support activities for crop production · Geraardsbergen · since 2016
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Web portal activities · since 2026
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Landscape service activities · since 2025
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Genk · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2026
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Brussel · since 2003
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Antwerpen · since 2014
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Opwijk · since 1984
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Zonnebeke · since 1987
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Other retail sale of food · Elsene · since 1989
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Activities of holding companies · Zonhoven · since 1992
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General construction of residential buildings · Vosselaar · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Coopérative d'Achats en gros de la Papeterie · Brussel · since 1968