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.
“Gobia”
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
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
-
Business and other management consultancy · Tremelo · since 2017
-
Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · Wavre · since 2002
-
Abbreviation of Gobio Divers Geraardsbergen · Geraardsbergen · since 2007
-
Plastering work · Alveringem · since 1997
-
Activities of holding companies · Brussel · since 2014
-
Inland freight water transport · since 1991
-
Other information service activities · Evere · since 2021
-
Vermogensbeheer · Dilbeek · since 2021
-
Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2012
-
Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2004
-
Full-service restaurants · Lier · since 2019
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
-
Turnhout · since 2005
-
Business and other management consultancy · Ukkel · since 2024
-
Scheduled passenger transport by road · Roeselare · since 2025
-
Retail sale of motorcycles and motorcycle parts and accessories · Gent · since 2026
-
Abbreviation of GRAND ORIENT DE BELGIQUE- GROOTOOSTEN VAN BELGIE · Other membership organisations · Brussel · since 1924
-
Abbreviation of GIFTS OF BELGIUM · Other non-specialised retail sale · Waasmunster · since 2017
-
Abbreviation of Grond Ontwikkeling Bedrijf · Development of residential building projects · Edegem · since 2018
-
Activities of holding companies · Gavere · since 2011
-
Cafés and bars · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2023