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.
“Gerden”
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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Ingelmunster · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Kortrijk · since 1996
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General construction of residential buildings · since 1995
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 1993
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Abbreviation of Centre Européen pour la Recherche, le Développement et l'Enseignement de la Nutrition et de la Nutrithérapie · Vocational training · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2000
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Heusden-Zolder · since 2000
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Landscape service activities · since 1987
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Schilde · since 2023
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General electrical installation work · Aalter · since 2005
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Kapellen · since 2023
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Other education · Tielt-Winge · since 2025
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Other personal services · since 2025
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Inland freight water transport · Aarschot · since 2018
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Activities of bailiffs · Wevelgem · since 2021
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Landscape service activities · Alken · since 2008
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Wholesale of fruit and vegetables, excluding potatoes · Tielt · since 2002
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Activities of holding companies · Diepenbeek · since 2018
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Activities of head offices · Langemark-Poelkapelle · since 2020
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1993
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Other education · since 2007
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Cafés and bars · Lanaken · since 2025
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Support activities for crop production · since 1998
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Kapelle-op-den-Bos · since 1987
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Retail sale of electrical household appliances · since 1982
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Painting of buildings · Ieper · since 2007