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Name check

Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“Grecanico”

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

1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.

  • Grecanico same name
    Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2023
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Granico similar
    Stein · since 1978
  • General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2026
  • GRECO similar
    Full-service restaurants · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 1991
  • Construction of roads and motorways · since 2020
  • GRECA similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Luxembourg · since 2003
  • Computer programming · since 2007
  • GRECO similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Elsene · since 2024
  • GRECA similar
    Full-service restaurants · Oostende · since 2025
  • Canico similar
    Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · Kortenberg · since 2025
  • Anico similar
    Retail sale of pets, pet food and pet supplies · Blégny · since 1990
  • General construction of residential buildings · since 2006
  • GRECO similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Mol · since 1988
  • GRECO similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Name of an establishment of DIMA & C° · Full-service restaurants · Wavre · since 2013

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