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.
“Gingko”
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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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Ukkel · since 1994
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Vermogensbeheer · La Hulpe · since 2019
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Donceel · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Grez-Doiceau · since 2000
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Vermogensbeheer · Tournai · since 2018
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Real estate appraisal on a fee or contract basis · Antwerpen · since 2010
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Other non-specialised retail sale · KENILWORTH, WARWICKSHIRE · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Deerlijk · since 2022
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Landscape service activities · Aartselaar · since 2007
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Charleroi · since 2022
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Freight transport by road · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2022
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Uitzenden van radioprogramma’s en distributie van audio · Boutersem · since 1999
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2013
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Other education · since 2018
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Interior design · since 2015
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · since 2023
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2011
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Other information service activities · Antwerpen · since 2012
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of Fred & Ginger Retail Belgium · Detailhandel in baby- en kinderbovenkleding · Mechelen · since 2014