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Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“Goormans, Patsy”

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.

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Same or very similar names

4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Sole trader same name
    Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 1993
  • Sole trader very similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · since 2013
  • Goormans very similar
    Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Zandhoven · since 2014
  • GOORMANS very similar
    Detailhandel in wapens en munitie · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 2017
Names that resemble it 30 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Sole trader similar
    Vervaardiging van hang- en sluitwerk · since 1996
  • Goormans G. similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Nijlen · since 1998
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2017
  • Sole trader similar
    Vervaardiging van verlichtingsapparaten · since 2017
  • General construction of residential buildings · Nijlen · since 2022
  • Sole trader similar
    since 2025
  • Sole trader similar
    Other construction installation · since 2009
  • Sole trader similar
    Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2010
  • Sole trader similar
    Advertising agencies · since 1998
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1990
  • Sole trader similar
    Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2025
  • Sole trader similar
    Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2021
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1990
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1978
  • Sole trader similar
    Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2024
  • Sole trader similar
    Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · since 2024
  • Sole trader similar
    Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2024
  • Sole trader similar
    Vervaardiging van keukenmeubelen · since 2025
  • Sole trader similar
  • Sole trader similar
    Other specialised design activities · since 1995
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1997
  • Sole trader similar
    Translation services · since 2020
  • Sole trader similar
    Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · since 2003
  • Sole trader similar
    Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2004
  • Sole trader similar
    since 1965
  • Sole trader similar
    Sports and recreation education · since 2025
  • Sole trader similar
    Other education · since 2025
  • Sole trader similar
    Visual arts creation · since 2026
  • Sole trader similar
    Verhuur en exploitatie van terreinen · since 2026
  • Sole trader similar
    General construction of residential buildings · since 2026

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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