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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.

“Gimelo”

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

7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Gimelo same name
    Advertising agencies · Wetteren · since 2020
  • GIMELL very similar
    Name of an establishment of GINELL · Other retail sale of food · Antwerpen · since 1989
  • GIMELCO very similar
    Site preparation · Genk · since 2015
  • GIMALO very similar
    Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Lievegem · since 2002
  • MIM’ELO very similar
    Groothandel in zuivelproducten en eieren · Mouscron · since 2021
  • Dimelo very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Kortrijk · since 2021
  • TIMELO very similar
    Arlon · since 2023
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • GIMé similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Aalst · since 2018
  • GIME similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Lier · since 2020
  • gime similar
    Nutrition and dietetics services · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2003
  • Gimex similar
    Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Schaarbeek · since 1981
  • GIMEX similar
    Niet-gespecialiseerde groothandel in niet-diepgevroren voedingsmiddelen, dranken en genotmiddelen · De Panne · since 1990
  • GI Med similar
    Waterloo · since 2019
  • GIMEFA similar
    Koksijde · since 1962
  • MELO similar
    Nursing and midwifery · Antwerpen · since 2020
  • MeLo similar
    Groothandel in installatiemateriaal voor loodgieterswerk en verwarming · Sint-Truiden · since 2022

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