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.
“Gefa”
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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Anderlecht · since 1970
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Abbreviation of Groupe d'Education et de Formation à l'Autonomie · Other education · Elsene · since 1987
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Abbreviation of GREEN ENERGY FOR ALL · Etterbeek · since 2020
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Abbreviation of générosité,entraide et fraternité active · Verenigingen op het vlak van ontwikkelingssamenwerking · since 2023
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General electrical installation work · Ukkel · since 2006
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Support activities for crop production · Limbourg · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Groupes d'Etudes Foncières et d'Aménagement · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 1983
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Begijnendijk · since 2010
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Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods · Bocholt · since 1991
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Boomkwekerijen, muv bosboomkwekerijen · Alken · since 1999
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes · since 1984
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Other construction installation · Sint-Truiden · since 1991
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Activities of holding companies · Bocholt · since 2011
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Abbreviation of Groupement d'Etudes fiduciaires · since 1993
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Abbreviation of Gestion et Financement de la Fédération socialiste de Charleroi · Charleroi · since 1995
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General construction of residential buildings · Bertem · since 1998
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Olen · since 1999
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Groothandel in weefsels, stoffen en fournituren · since 1991
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Abbreviation of Gebouwen en Facilitaire Services · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Lint · since 2009
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Abbreviation of Association générale des Ensignants de l'Athenénée Funck André · Jette · since 1972
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Malmedy · since 1990
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Mixed farming · Büllingen · since 1999
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Name of an establishment · General construction of residential buildings · Mons · since 2001
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Name of an establishment · Vermogensbeheer · Theux · since 2014
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Name of an establishment · Business and other management consultancy · Liège · since 2007