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Name check

Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“GUDER”

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

6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • GUDER same name
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Elsene · since 2026
  • GUDEM very similar
    Full-service restaurants · Aubel · since 1987
  • S.U.DER very similar
    Abbreviation of SOCIETE USSEGLIO - DEVOS ETUDES ET REALISATIONS · Valenciennes · since 1984
  • Sude R very similar
    Name of an establishment of SUDE · Business and other management consultancy · Bouillon · since 1995
  • GULER very similar
    Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Genk · since 2003
  • Buder very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Full-service restaurants · Genk · since 2021
Names that resemble it 5 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • GUDENT similar
    Hannut · since 1989
  • GUDEVO similar
    Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 1992
  • Gudebo similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Oostrozebeke · since 2026
  • General construction of other non-residential buildings · since 2021
  • GUD similar
    Abbreviation of Gentse Universitaire Duikclub · Gent · since 2006

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