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.
“Gemco”
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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of diamonds and other precious stones · Antwerpen · since 1968
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Antwerpen · since 1972
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Antwerpen · since 1996
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Abbreviation of Guilde des Eswards Maîstres Cervoisiers dî Namurwè · Namur · since 2021
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Manufacture of imitation jewellery and related articles · since 2021
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Paris · since 1977
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Genk · since 1987
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General construction of residential buildings · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 1988
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Abbreviation of DSVL IMMO · Market research and public opinion polling · Soignies · since 1989
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Abbreviation of GESTION - MANAGEMENT - COMMERCIALISATION · Groothandel in metalen en metaalertsen · Herstal · since 1990
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · Brussel · since 1994
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Land surveying · Zoersel · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Gevers Management & Consulting · Activities of holding companies · Arendonk · since 2012
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Wemmel · since 2001
Names that resemble it 26 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2012
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Abbreviation of GEM 2be · Other specialised construction activities · Waasmunster · since 1993
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Abbreviation of Groupe d'Enseignement Mathématique · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 1998
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Other support activities for arts and performing arts · Antwerpen · since 2001
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General electrical installation work · since 2014
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Abbreviation of POUR UNE GOUVERNANCE EUROPEENNE MULTILINGUE · Brussel · since 2014
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Abbreviation of GLI EVENTI MUSICALI · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2015
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Antwerpen · since 2020
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Schoten · since 2021
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Zaventem · since 2021
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Philippeville · since 2008
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Jette · since 1994
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Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1981
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Development of residential building projects · Antwerpen · since 1982
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Abbreviation of GESTION FINANCE IMMOBILIER ET CO · Real estate agency activities · Wavre · since 1989
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Tongeren-Borgloon · since 1994
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Ukkel · since 1997
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Vervaardiging van andere voedingsmiddelen, n.e.g. · Nivelles · since 2018
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2026
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Other personal services · since 2022
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes · since 1978
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Abbreviation of QAD EUROPE · Computer programming · Antwerpen · since 1989
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Name of an establishment · Real estate agency activities · Antwerpen · since 2002
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · since 1973
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Abbreviation of GENERAL ELITE MANAGEMENT · Other sports activities · Brakel · since 2011
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Gent · since 1964