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.
“Grapa”
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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Vermogensbeheer · Rotselaar · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Groupe de Réflexion et d'Action pour une Pédagogie progressiste et alternative · Other membership organisations · Verviers · since 1981
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of DEV · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brussel · since 1994
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Schoten · since 1999
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Abbreviation of Gestion Recherche Analyse en Production et Post-production Audiovisuelles · Business and other management consultancy · Liège · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Groupe de Recherche appliquée en Ergothérapie · Ukkel · since 1996
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Abbreviation of GROUPE DE REFLEXION ET D'ACTION POLITIQUE ET ECONOMIQUE · Bertem · since 1998
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2019
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2003
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Vervaardiging van farmaceutische grondstoffen · since 1983
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Maaseik · since 1995
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2017
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2021
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Literary creation · since 2022
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Other specialised design activities · since 2023
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Activities of holding companies · Gerpinnes · since 2024
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Urban planning and landscape architecture · 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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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Elsene · since 1982
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Oupeye · since 1999
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Brussel · since 2003
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2021
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of DOK 13 · Other printing · Gent · since 2008
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Pajottegem · since 2010
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · since 1986
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Schaarbeek · since 2005
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Development of residential building projects · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2006
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2006
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Computer programming · Jabbeke · since 2008
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Other software publishing · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2025
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Other printing · since 2026