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.
“Gi-net”
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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Business and other management consultancy · Harelbeke · since 2018
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Roofing work · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2024
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Name of an establishment · Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Liège · since 1995
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Abbreviation of COMITE INTERNATIONAL DE L'ENTRETIEN DU TEXTILE · Asse · since 1995
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Ternat · since 2000
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Full-service restaurants · since 1990
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Ranst · since 2020
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General cleaning of buildings · Beauvechain · since 2021
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since 1975
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Gent · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Ginkgo Earth · Vermogensbeheer · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2024
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Antwerpen · since 1989
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Wuustwezel · since 1994
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Kapellen · since 2001
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2011
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Abbreviation of Généralistes Liège-Nord · Liège · since 1988
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Lichtervelde · since 1995
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Abbreviation of GLOBAL INNOVATION NETWORK · Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Ganshoren · since 2019
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Vermogensbeheer · Malle · since 2001
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Wholesale of live animals · Malmedy · since 2012
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Vilvoorde · since 1996
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2007
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Roeselare · since 2019
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Mixed farming · Geraardsbergen · since 1997
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Rousies · since 2002
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Ninove · since 2021
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Floreffe · since 1998
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Name of an establishment of BASECAMP XL · Full-service restaurants · Elsene · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2007
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Vorst · since 1993
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Plastering work · Zottegem · since 2020
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Activities of lawyers · Antwerpen · since 1997