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.
“Griffel”
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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other membership organisations · Turnhout · since 2003
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Lier · since 2005
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Hairdressing and barber services · Ans · since 1988
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Retail sale of women's outerwear
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Other retail sale of food
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Etterbeek · since 2020
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2024
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Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels · since 2020
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Rumst · since 1982
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Computer programming · since 2024
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · since 1984
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Name of an establishment of Gemeente Kruisem · Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Kruisem · since 2018
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other membership organisations · La Louvière · since 1926
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2016
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 1989
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Frameries · since 1987
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Other business support services · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Asse · since 2023
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Market research and public opinion polling · Waterloo · since 2005
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Oostende · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of IMPICABLE AGENCY · Activities of holding companies · Hasselt · since 2002
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2025
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Computer programming · Gent · since 2000
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Advertising agencies · since 1990
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 1995
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · since 2012
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Abbreviation of Grossistes Réunis Importations Fromages · Kraainem · since 1947
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Name of an establishment of PRO'ART DIFFUSION · Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Brussel · since 1985