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.
“Gilco”
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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Landen · since 1970
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Verwerking en conservering van vis en van schaal- en weekdieren · Evergem · since 1993
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Business and other management consultancy · Oud-Heverlee · since 2004
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Leuven · since 1981
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Development of residential building projects · Deinze · since 2016
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Development of residential building projects · Huldenberg · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Lubbeek · since 2026
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Activities of holding companies · Brecht · since 2016
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Other specialised construction activities · La Louvière · since 2017
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Vermogensbeheer · Maaseik · since 2015
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Market research and public opinion polling · Brussel · since 2006
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Real estate agency activities · Malle · since 2023
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Development of residential building projects · Grimbergen · since 2016
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Liège · since 1920
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Brussel · since 2010
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Other building finishing work · Oudenaarde · since 1987
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Renting and leasing of other personal and household goods · La Louvière · since 1985
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Brussel · since 1991
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Abbreviation of GHIMLO · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Zedelgem · since 1996
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Antwerpen · since 2000
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Sports and recreation education · since 2010
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Abbreviation of GIL go 4 one · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2012
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Abbreviation of Groupement de l'Indépendante de Liège · Liège · since 2026
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Knokke-Heist · since 1990
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Activities of holding companies · Ledegem · since 2013
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Site preparation · Genk · since 2015
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Retail sale of other sporting goods · Maaseik · since 2017
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Vermogensbeheer · Gerpinnes · since 2013
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Malle · since 2022
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Kaprijke · since 2010
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Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · Liège · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of WILLEBROEK TRAVEL · Travel agency activities · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 1991
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Knokke-Heist · since 1999
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Computer programming · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2000
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Hasselt · since 2003
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Business and other management consultancy · Lochristi · since 2013
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Name of Jan Vermeersch · Business and other management consultancy · Deinze · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Gestion Immobilière Liègeoise · Aywaille · since 1947