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.
“Graef”
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.
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Essen · since 2001
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Activities of holding companies · Waasmunster · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2021
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Essen · since 2014
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Other specialised construction activities · Bonheiden · since 2000
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of JEDOCO · Buying and selling of own real estate · Retie · since 2006
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Activities of bailiffs · Brussel · since 2023
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Advertising agencies · Bonheiden · since 2011
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Interior design · Koksijde · since 2012
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2017
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Development of residential building projects · Bree · since 2015
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2021
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Trade name of JDG Management · Other information technology and computer services · Knokke-Heist · since 2022
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Lievegem · since 2024
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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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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2025
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Abbreviation of DEGRAEF SINT TRUIDEN · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 1995
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since 2018
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Computer programming · Mechelen · since 2014
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Silly · since 1991