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.
“Gerner”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Other construction installation · Herve · since 1997
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Activities of building architects · Antwerpen · since 2012
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Gent · since 2016
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2018
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Hairdressing and barber services · Turnhout · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of Radium Invest · Buying and selling of own real estate · Olen · since 2010
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Activities of building architects · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Centre d'Encadrement et de Récupération Nutritionnelle des Enfants de la Rue · Brussel · since 2008
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Sawmilling and planing of wood · since 2024
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Gestion et Exploitation rurale · Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Tournai · since 1981
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Real estate agency activities · Sambreville · since 1988
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Ukkel · since 1993
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Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · Genk · since 1995
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Support activities for crop production · Marche-en-Famenne · since 1998
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2003
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Construction of roads and motorways · since 1989
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2023
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2024
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Vervaardiging van ijzer en staal en van ferrolegeringen · Comines-Warneton · since 1968
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Development of residential building projects · Koksijde · since 1984
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Activities of holding companies · Rochefort · since 1989
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Ronse · since 1993
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Roofing work · Wellen · since 2016
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2005
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Support activities for crop production · since 2000
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Deinze · since 1990