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.
“GVB”
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
15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of Genker Volksbelangen Gvb · Genk · since 1966
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Pig breeding farms · Herenthout · since 1995
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Abbreviation of GEERT VANBRABANT BOEKHOUDKANTOOR · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Alken · since 1999
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Name of an establishment of GVB ET CO CONSULT · Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Vorst · since 2000
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Abbreviation of GLOBAL VEG BELGIUM · Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Le Grand Vivier Beaumontois · Activiteiten van tennisclubs · Beaumont · since 2023
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Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2004
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Abbreviation of GARAGE Vincent BRISBOIS · Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Durbuy · since 2007
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Abbreviation of GREEN VALLEY BELGIUM · Computer programming · Westerlo · since 2008
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Abbreviation of VAN BORTEL GLENN · Landscape service activities · Hove · since 2025
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Mechelen · since 2026
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Abbreviation of R.Gravy et Visentin · Chapelle-lez-Herlaimont · since 1981
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Mechelen · since 2026
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Dental practice · Sint-Lievens-Houtem · since 2016
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Mixed farming · Lummen · since 2007
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Halle · since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · Overijse · since 2025
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Abbreviation of GROUPEMENT VIANDE BIOLOGIQUE D'ORIGINE BELGE · Wholesale of other food products · Paliseul · since 1998
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Groothandel in verlichtingsapparatuur · Antwerpen · since 1979
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Hairdressing and barber services · Elsene · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Pajottegem · since 2020
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Abbreviation of GardenWorks Vechmaal · Landscape service activities · Heers · since 2020
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Abbreviation of GROOT VOLLANDER · Activities of head offices · Brugge · since 2021
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Abbreviation of GV INSURED · Insurance agents and brokers · Hasselt · since 2022
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Gavere · since 2004
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Leuven · since 2024