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.
“Genosa”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vermogensbeheer · Blégny · since 2017
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Activities of holding companies · Saint-Nicolas · since 2011
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Verhuur en exploitatie van terreinen · Gent · since 1992
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Inland freight water transport · since 2019
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · Liège · since 2004
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Business and other management consultancy · Oudergem · since 2026
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2012
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Manufacture of jewellery · Lochristi · since 2023
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Growing of flowers · Duffel · since 2022
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Development of residential building projects · Hechtel-Eksel · since 2018
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General construction of residential buildings · Schaarbeek · since 2010
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Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2002
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Business and other management consultancy · Nijlen · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · Elsene · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Liège · since 2025
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 1977