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Is your company name already in the register?

Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“Gilbert, Sam”

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

6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Sole trader same name
    Photography, excluding press photography · since 2012
  • Sole trader very similar
    Vervaardiging van koffers, tassen, zadel- en tuigmakerswerk van ongeacht welk materiaal · since 2017
  • Sole trader very similar
    General electrical installation work · since 2022
  • Gilbert very similar
    Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Menen · since 2024
  • GILBERT very similar
    Full-service restaurants · Ronse · since 2026
  • Sole trader very similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2009
Names that resemble it 43 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Sole trader similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2023
  • Name of an establishment of SALSAC ENTREPRISES · Roofing work · Colfontaine · since 1981
  • Landscape service activities · Lo-Reninge · since 1989
  • Sole trader similar
    Landscape service activities · since 2010
  • GILBERT FT similar
    Logging · Doische · since 2012
  • Sole trader similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2019
  • Business and other management consultancy · Bonheiden · since 2003
  • Sole trader similar
    Landscape service activities · since 1971
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1986
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1998
  • GILBERT VDB similar
    Activities of company auditors · Zuienkerke · since 2009
  • Sole trader similar
    Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2015
  • Sole trader similar
    Mixed farming · since 1991
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2017
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1995
  • Sole trader similar
    Psychology services · since 2021
  • Sole trader similar
    Specialist medical practice · since 1989
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1971
  • Brugge · since 1989
  • General cleaning of buildings · Zaventem · since 2019
  • Removal services · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2002
  • Sole trader similar
    Activities of building architects · since 2013
  • Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2014
  • Sole trader similar
    Office administrative and support services · since 2018
  • Sole trader similar
    Physiotherapy · since 2009
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1994
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2017
  • Sole trader similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · since 1978
  • Sole trader similar
    Other building finishing work · since 2018
  • Sole trader similar
    Painting of buildings · since 1985
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2022
  • Sole trader similar
    Retail sale of footwear · since 2024
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1995
  • Sole trader similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · since 2011
  • Sole trader similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2011
  • Sole trader similar
    Sports and recreation education · since 2012
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2012
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1978
  • Business and other management consultancy · Bredene · since 2007
  • Sole trader similar
    Psychology services · since 2023
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2017
  • Sole trader similar
    Other building finishing work · since 2025
  • GILBERT HURTS similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Brecht · since 1981

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