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.
“GROTEC”
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
26 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of electrical household appliances · Hoogstraten · since 2013
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Stekene · since 2003
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Mont-Saint-Guibert · since 1987
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Retail sale of electrical household appliances · Heusden-Zolder · since 1999
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General electrical installation work · As · since 2020
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Arendonk · since 2009
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2010
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Other business support services · Oostende · since 2005
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Vervaardiging van schakel- en verdeelinrichtingen · Wetteren · since 1975
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Vervaardiging van veevoeders · Veurne · since 1986
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Vervaardiging van ijzer en staal en van ferrolegeringen · Pelt · since 1986
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Retail sale of lighting equipment · Kasterlee · since 1989
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Activities of other sports clubs · Deinze · since 2002
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Zele · since 2012
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Damme · since 2013
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Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · Pelt · since 2015
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General electrical installation work · since 2017
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Real estate agency activities · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of VERLAB · General electrical installation work · Kasterlee · since 2020
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Forging of metal · since 2014
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General electrical installation work · Charleroi · since 2010
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Willebroek · since 2011
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KEMPTEN · since 2004
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Algemeen onderhoud en reparatie van overige motorvoertuigen (> 3,5 ton) · Kortenaken · since 2025
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Aiseau-Presles · since 1990
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General electrical installation work · since 2017
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Cafés and bars · Vilvoorde · since 2024
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Torhout · since 1971
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 1966
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2000
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Other specialised construction activities · Linkebeek · since 2018
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Other specialised construction activities · Oostkamp · since 2019
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General electrical installation work · since 2021
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Wingene · since 2008
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Mol · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Geel · since 1999
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Waterdichtingswerken van muren · Zwevegem · since 2002
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Beernem · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Deinze · since 2021
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Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods · Waregem · since 1981
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Name of an establishment of LIU'S BELGIAN BUSINESS INTERNATIONAL · Full-service restaurants · Manage · since 1996
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Renting and leasing of other personal and household goods · since 1998
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2019
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Advertising agencies · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Groupement de Recherche sur l'Environnement et d'Etude de nouvelles Technologies culturales · Other research and development on natural sciences · Andenne · since 2006
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Freight transport by road · since 2007
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Mixed farming · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of KAAN LOGISTIQUES · Freight transport by road · Liège · since 2011