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Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector.

“Goess”

An active company already has this name

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Same or very similar names

3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Goess same name
    Ternat · since 2010
  • Goest very similar
    Computer programming · Roeselare · since 2022
  • GOEST very similar
    Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2024
Names that resemble it 33 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • GOES similar
    Evergem · since 2024
  • GOES! similar
    Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Oostende · since 2024
  • GOESSENS similar
    Activiteiten van bejaardenzorg aan huis, muv (thuis)verpleging · Liedekerke · since 1986
  • GOESSENS similar
    Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Hannut · since 1991
  • GOESSAERT similar
    Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Zulte · since 1986
  • Sole trader similar
    Painting of buildings · since 2016
  • Sole trader similar
    Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2023
  • Sole trader similar
    Other specialised construction activities · since 2006
  • Goeste similar
    Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2017
  • Sole trader similar
    Event catering · since 2020
  • GOESTE similar
    Full-service restaurants · Lebbeke · since 2020
  • Sole trader similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2023
  • Goeste similar
    Name of an establishment of MAUI · Cafés and bars · Oostende · since 2024
  • Sole trader similar
    Graphic design and visual communication · since 2023
  • Sole trader similar
    Event catering · since 2019
  • GOE! similar
    Photography, excluding press photography · Lummen · since 2022
  • GOE similar
    Name of an establishment of GO Estate · Buying and selling of own real estate · Elsene · since 2010
  • Sole trader similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · since 2017
  • Sole trader similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · since 2019
  • Goesten similar
    Retail sale of household furniture · Mortsel · since 2019
  • GODDESS similar
    Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Aarschot · since 2010
  • Sole trader similar
    Forging of metal · since 2004
  • MLGoess similar
    Activities of head offices · Peer · since 2025
  • Goesinc similar
    Grimbergen · since 2026
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1992
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2014
  • Sole trader similar
    Photography, excluding press photography · since 2022
  • Sole trader similar
    Specialist medical practice · since 1985
  • Sole trader similar
    Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified · since 2026
  • Sole trader similar
    Painting of buildings · since 2007
  • Sole trader similar
    Other education · since 2023
  • Sole trader similar
    Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2018
  • GOPRESS similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    News agency activities · Brussel · since 2014

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

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