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.
“Gnius”
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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Other specialised construction activities · since 2013
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Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · Brasschaat · since 2022
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Pre-press and pre-media services · Londerzeel · since 2010
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Other business support services · Oostende · since 2016
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Vermogensbeheer · Brasschaat · since 2015
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Specialist medical practice · Hasselt · since 2020
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2021
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Vervaardiging van kunststoffen in primaire vormen · Sint-Truiden · since 2012
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General electrical installation work · Genk · since 2024
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Vervaardiging van gedistilleerde dranken door distilleren, rectificeren en mengen · Mouscron · since 2026
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Pepinster · since 1995
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Activities of lawyers · Profondeville · since 2014
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Proefboren en boren · Herselt · since 2006
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 2021
Names that resemble it 7 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of GROUPE NAMUROIS D'INVESTISSEMENT · General construction of residential buildings · Fosses-la-Ville · since 1995
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Retail sale of household furniture · Zoersel · since 2011
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Landscape service activities · since 2025
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Activities of interior architects · Antwerpen · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of Geonius België · Urban planning and landscape architecture · Herentals · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Genk · since 2010
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Detailhandel in baby- en kinderbovenkleding · Brugge · since 2007