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.
“Girima”
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.
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Vervaardiging van roomijs en ander consumptie-ijs · Deinze · since 2026
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Wezembeek-Oppem · since 1986
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Other specialised construction activities · Soumagne · since 1992
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General electrical installation work · Maaseik · since 2002
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Vermogensbeheer · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1986
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 1989
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Abbreviation of GIMA - MACHINES · Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified · Aartselaar · since 1991
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Brakel · since 1999
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 1991
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Gent · since 2019
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Freight transport by road · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · since 2010
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General construction of residential buildings · Charleroi · since 2000
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Full-service restaurants · Leuven · since 1997
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Computer programming · since 2026
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Nursing and midwifery · Waasmunster · since 2002
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Activities of holding companies · Waregem · since 2024
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since 2025
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Groothandel in lederwaren en reisartikelen · Roeselare · since 1969
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Full-service restaurants · Oostende · since 1986
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Dilsen-Stokkem · since 1998
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Development of non-residential building projects · Edegem · since 1999
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Vermogensbeheer · Wervik · since 2008
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Hairdressing and barber services · Verviers · since 2020
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Retail sale of other sporting goods · since 2025
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Other research and development on natural sciences · since 2026