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.
“Geranex”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Knokke-Heist · since 1987
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Market research and public opinion polling · Mons · since 1999
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Vrachtbehandeling in zeehavens · Antwerpen · since 1983
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Namur · since 2009
Names that resemble it 35 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 1989
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Business and other management consultancy · Merelbeke-Melle · since 1995
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Activities of holding companies · Genk · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Langemark-Poelkapelle · since 2018
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Genk · since 1976
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Middelkerke · since 1990
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Other information service activities · Antwerpen · since 2014
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 1983
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Activities of head offices · Kortemark · since 2020
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Langemark-Poelkapelle · since 2026
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Name of Industrial Textile Products · Vervaardiging van overige geconfectioneerde artikelen van textiel, muv kleding · Erpe-Mere · since 2000
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Activities of holding companies · Grimbergen · since 2006
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Activities of holding companies · Waregem · since 2017
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Mixed farming · Sankt Vith · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Global Emergency Response Action · Hoeilaart · since 2020
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Landscape service activities · since 2010
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Assenede · since 2011
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Bornem · since 1966
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Business and other management consultancy · Kortrijk · since 1990
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Other postal and courier activities · since 2014
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2018
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Name of Gerantis Group · Computer programming · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2009
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Real estate agency activities · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 1990
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Vervaardiging van metalen deuren en vensters · Hulshout · since 1992
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Risk and damage evaluation · Duffel · since 1992
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Other construction installation · Antwerpen · since 1993
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Bouw van andere civieltechnische werken, n.e.g. · Wavre · since 2020
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Groothandel in consumptieaardappelen · Lochristi · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of 2care4care · Business and other management consultancy · Hove · since 2010
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Risk and damage evaluation · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2012
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Vervaardiging van deuren en vensters van kunststof · Etterbeek · since 2006
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Joinery installation · Herk-de-Stad · since 2023
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Sint-Niklaas · since 1993