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.
“Grada”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Brussel · since 1968
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 1999
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2019
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2022
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Anderlecht · since 2006
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2008
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Specialist medical practice · Aalst · since 2023
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2019
Names that resemble it 27 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Vermogensbeheer · Kraainem · since 2015
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Plastering work · since 2009
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Vervaardiging van beddengoed, tafellinnen en textielwaren voor huishoudelijk gebruik · Grâce-Hollogne · since 1994
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2016
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Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · Sint-Truiden · since 2004
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Finishing of textiles · Deinze · since 2004
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Activities of holding companies · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2008
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Hairdressing and barber services · Leuven · since 1991
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · since 2016
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2021
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2021
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2010
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Rixensart · since 2011
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Other information service activities · Bekkevoort · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Grondrecyclage Antwerpen · Materials recovery from waste · Gent · since 2017
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Demolition · since 2021
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Brussel · since 1990
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Nursing and midwifery · Soumagne · since 2019
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Landscape service activities · since 2023
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Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · Rotselaar · since 2023
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Ganshoren · since 2024
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Activities of holding companies · Oostkamp · since 2025
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Land surveying · Marchin · since 2026
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Beersel · since 1987
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Advertising agencies · Duffel · since 2012
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Activities of lawyers · Zaventem · since 2008