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.
“Granimar”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Cutting, shaping and finishing of stone · Wielsbeke · since 1968
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Gent · since 1973
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Agents in the wholesale of timber and building materials · since 1998
Names that resemble it 26 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Kapellen · since 1989
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Exploitatie van schouwburgen, concertzalen en dergelijke · Schaarbeek · since 1978
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Activities of lawyers · Wemmel · since 2003
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1981
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Wanze · since 2019
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Abbreviation of GRAN INVEST & CONSULT · Business and other management consultancy · Merchtem · since 2020
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Goederenvervoer over zee- en kustwateren · Mechelen · since 2023
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since 1986
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Other postal and courier activities · Brussel · since 2026
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Stein · since 1978
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Namur · since 1988
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Cutting, shaping and finishing of stone · Lummen · since 1994
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Hairdressing and barber services · Ans · since 1998
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Ranst · since 1999
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Groothandel in sanitair · Wevelgem · since 2001
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Repair and maintenance of other personal and household goods · since 2014
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Mixed farming · Fleurus · since 2011
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Floor and wall tiling · GIVET · since 2016
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2005
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Name of an establishment of SAREN · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Beringen · since 2007
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Real estate agency activities · Antwerpen · since 1990
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Antwerpen · since 1998
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2013
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Insurance agents and brokers · Verviers · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Zoersel · since 1985