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.
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An active company already has this name
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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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of professional membership organisations · Elsene · since 1979
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Antwerpen · since 2002
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Abbreviation of GENERAL SYSTEMS · General construction of residential buildings · Ukkel · since 1977
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Abbreviation of GENERAL SERVICES · Court-Saint-Etienne · since 1988
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Abbreviation of ARTIST - MANAGEMENT QUISQUATER · Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Lubbeek · since 1995
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Plastering work · Genk · since 2000
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Abbreviation of GES SERVICE · Namur · since 2002
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Abbreviation of GLEAMSCHOOL · Elsene · since 2014
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Activities of holding companies · Torhout · since 2013
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Abbreviation of GUT SCHWARZENBACH · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Büllingen · since 2016
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Abbreviation of GOLDEN SERVICES · Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Brussel · since 2017
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Reparatie en onderhoud van andere civiele transportmiddelen · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Le Guidon Sprimontois ASBL · Sprimont · since 2019
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Abbreviation of GS-AALST · Cafés and bars · Aalst · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2023
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Koekelberg · since 2009
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2017
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Liège · since 2010
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Abbreviation of Graine de sport · Ittre · since 2011
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Abbreviation of GWENN SCHOOVAERTS · Activities of holding companies · Bonheiden · since 2012
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Abbreviation of Goeyvaerts Strijktrio · Sint-Niklaas · since 2006
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · Kortrijk · since 2025
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Herent · since 2025
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · since 2025