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.
“Groenhove”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Combined facilities support activities · Brugge · since 1986
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Name of an establishment of GROENHOVE-TORHOUT · Operation of sports facilities · Torhout · since 1990
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Vermogensbeheer · Knokke-Heist · since 2016
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Landscape service activities · since 2006
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Hotels and similar accommodation · since 2002
Names that resemble it 30 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Cafés and bars · Diest · since 1969
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Development of residential building projects · Aartselaar · since 2021
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Abbreviation of GROENHOUT ERVARINGSGERICHTE MIDDELBARE SCHOOL · Boechout · since 2002
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Interior design · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2025
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Funeral services · Westerlo · since 2023
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Mixed farming · Heusden-Zolder · since 1983
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Vermogensbeheer · Antwerpen · since 2002
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Machining of metals · since 2008
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Antwerpen · since 1992
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Bornem · since 1996
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · EIJSDEN · since 2023
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Brugge · since 1979
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Landscape service activities · since 2016
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2012
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Leuven · since 2026
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2002
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Other business support services · Landen · since 2009
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Activiteiten van politieke organisaties · Brussel · since 1986
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 1991
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Lochristi · since 2013
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Diepenbeek · since 2020
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Landscape service activities · Geel · since 2020
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · Aalter · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Studio Groove · Grimbergen · since 2017
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Koksijde · since 2021
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Urban planning and landscape architecture · since 2022
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Support activities for crop production · Wingene · since 2022
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Liège · since 2024
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Groothandel in koffie, thee, cacao en specerijen · Oudenaarde · since 2025
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Antwerpen · since 1951