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.
“Gefra”
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
30 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Groothandel in vis en schaal- en weekdieren · Brugge · since 1983
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General construction of residential buildings · Antwerpen · since 1990
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Rumst · since 1992
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Investigation and private security services · Maaseik · since 2002
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Vervaardiging van farmaceutische grondstoffen · since 2002
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Kortrijk · since 2026
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Gingelom · since 2021
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Painting of buildings · Herentals · since 2009
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Anhée · since 1984
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Londerzeel · since 1987
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Mechelen · since 1992
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Malle · since 1992
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Name of an establishment of Shipset7 · Other business support services · Leuven · since 2019
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Jabbeke · since 1997
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Real estate agency activities · Tielt · since 1970
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Brussel · since 1968
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Abbreviation of GILBERT EMPAIN FINANCEMENTS IMMOBILIER ASSURANCES · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1984
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Wholesale of industrial chemicals · Nijlen · since 1988
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Wommelgem · since 1989
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Freight transport by road · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1993
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Lier · since 1993
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Renting and leasing of other personal and household goods · Malle · since 1994
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Groothandel in machines, werktuigen en toebehoren voor de landbouw · Merksplas · since 1995
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Turnhout · since 2000
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Truiden · since 2008
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Business and other management consultancy · Herentals · since 2024
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Londerzeel · since 2026
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De Haan · since 1989
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Full-service restaurants · since 1998
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Brugge · since 2011
Names that resemble it 8 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of holding companies · Bocholt · since 2011
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Abbreviation of GENERAL FROID · Vervaardiging van machines en apparaten voor klimaatregeling, voor niet-huishoudelijk gebruik · Seraing · since 1985
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Fernelmont · since 1985
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Abbreviation of centre de gestion des écoles fondamentales libres de l'entité de Frasnes · Other educational support services · Celles (lez-Tournai) · since 2020
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Mixed farming · since 2000
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Olen · since 1999
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Modave · since 2024
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Forging of metal · since 2013