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.
“GeVe”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of lighting equipment · Kontich · since 1974
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Trade name of G.V. · Groothandel in verlichtingsapparatuur · Antwerpen · since 1979
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Market research and public opinion polling · Brussel · since 1997
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Activities of holding companies · Maldegem · since 2015
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Other building finishing work · since 1977
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Elsene · since 1968
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Abbreviation of Vereniging van Gewezen Vlaamse Volksvertegenwoordigers · Brussel · since 2001
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Lede · since 2013
Names that resemble it 44 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Logistics services · Zoersel · since 2000
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Other legal services · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2002
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Business and other management consultancy · Assenede · since 2009
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General electrical installation work · Elsene · since 1976
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Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1983
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Zoersel · since 1991
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Abbreviation of Gevers Patents · Other legal services · Machelen (Brab.) · since 1993
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Dental practice · Retie · since 1995
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Almere · since 1919
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Herent · since 2014
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Maldegem · since 2007
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1997
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Business and other management consultancy · Amel · since 2008
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Landscape service activities · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2009
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Hasselt · since 2004
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Nijlen · since 2024
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Paris 17e · since 1972
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Other specialised construction activities · Pont-à-Celles · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2014
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Bricklaying and masonry work · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2019
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Schaarbeek · since 2009
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General electrical installation work · Kapellen · since 2004
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Name of an establishment of GEVELCO GEVELBEPLEISTERING · Plastering work · Zonhoven · since 2005
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Vervaardiging van wijn uit druiven · Overijse · since 2024
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Vervaardiging van maalderijproducten · Antwerpen · since 1981
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Abbreviation of GROOT-EVERGEMSE VERENIGING VOOR ARCHEOLOGIE · Evergem · since 1984
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Maaseik · since 1987
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Site preparation · Sint-Niklaas · since 1988
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 1992
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Pig breeding farms · Balen · since 1993
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General construction of residential buildings · Ledegem · since 1997
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Ondersteunende diensten in verband met de bosbouw · Peer · since 1998
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Retail sale of footwear · Asse · since 2013
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Geetbets · since 2014
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Other postal and courier activities · since 2017
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Bricklaying and masonry work · since 2020
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Growing of pome and stone fruits · Hasselt · since 2008
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Retail sale of bicycles · since 2024
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Anderlecht · since 1985
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Plastering work · Oudsbergen · since 2017
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Plastering work · Harelbeke · since 2023
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Freight transport by road · Beersel · since 1997
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Support activities for crop production · since 2018