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.
“Goestink”
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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Event catering · Sint-Niklaas · since 2019
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Gent · since 2013
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General electrical installation work · Bornem · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of STEDEBA · Full-service restaurants · Zele · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of NUYENS · Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2014
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Event catering · Rijkevorsel · since 2023
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Cafés and bars · since 2012
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Event catering · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of NIGI · Full-service restaurants · Haaltert · since 2018
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Literary creation · since 2021
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Computer programming · Roeselare · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2017
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Event catering · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · Lebbeke · since 2020
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of MAUI · Cafés and bars · Oostende · since 2024
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Retail sale of household furniture · Mortsel · since 2019
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Landscape service activities · since 2022
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Bornem · since 2025
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Evergem · since 2024
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Oostende · since 2024