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.
“Generaltrans”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Charleroi · since 1969
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Torhout · since 1993
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Market research and public opinion polling · Brussel · since 1987
Names that resemble it 41 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Anderlecht · since 1986
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General construction of residential buildings · Fleurus · since 1988
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since 1989
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Willich · since 1977
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Brussel · since 2021
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Office administrative and support services · Zwevegem · since 1997
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Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 1990
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Manufacture of outerwear · Namur · since 2001
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Abbreviation of CAFE GENERAL · Cafés and bars · Diksmuide · since 2016
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2021
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Vaduz 9490 · since 1995
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Groothandel in overig textiel · Brussel · since 2020
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Travel agency activities · Herstal · since 1980
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Other research and development on natural sciences · since 1997
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Plumbing work · Wezembeek-Oppem · since 2025
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Rotterdam · since 2023
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Logistics services · Brussel · since 1991
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Freight transport by road · Sankt Vith · since 1990
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Freight transport by road · Wetteren · since 2001
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · Gembloux · since 2013
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Plastering work · Jette · since 2019
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Full-service restaurants · Anderlecht · since 2020
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General electrical installation work · Schilde · since 2005
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Freight transport by road · Brussel · since 2007
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Elsene · since 2023
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Vervaardiging van kantoorbenodigdheden van papier · Ukkel · since 2020
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Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 1990
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Activities of holding companies · Brasschaat · since 2009
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Barcelona · since 1976
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1991
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Liège · since 2022
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1988
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Aalst · since 1971
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Freight transport by road · Koekelare · since 1980
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Freight transport by road · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 1990
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Elsene · since 1994
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Freight transport by road · Zwevegem · since 2001
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Activities of head offices · Damme · since 2005
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Name of an establishment of General Engineering Luxembourg · Activities of building architects · La Roche-en-Ardenne · since 1983
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Ukkel · since 1968
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Liège · since 1975