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Name check

Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“GiVo”

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

3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • G.I.V.O. same name
    Buying and selling of own real estate · Pelt · since 1991
  • GIVO same name
    Risk and damage evaluation · Lummen · since 2018
  • GiVo same name
    Productie van eieren van pluimvee · Herentals · since 2022
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • GIV similar
    Abbreviation of Group IMMOVISION · Development of residential building projects · Sprimont · since 2019
  • GIVI NV similar
    Name of an establishment of N.V. GIVI (Groep Individuele Vorming en Begeleiding Informatica) · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Antwerpen · since 1984
  • GIVA similar
    Abbreviation of GIVA Audiovisual Technologies · Vervaardiging van communicatieapparatuur · Ham · since 2014
  • gIVe similar
    Abbreviation of Go IV Excellence · Full-service restaurants · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2014
  • GIVA similar
    Dental practice · Hasselt · since 2022
  • G³ IVE similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Dalhem · since 2022
  • GIVE similar
    Full-service restaurants · Veurne · since 2026
  • since 2017
  • GiVe similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Real estate agency activities · Antwerpen · since 2018

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