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.
“LE GIBUS”
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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Namur · since 1981
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Full-service restaurants · Ukkel · since 1989
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Nassogne · since 2013
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Vermogensbeheer · Antwerpen · since 2006
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Ath · since 2001
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Other business support services · Menen · since 1925
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Oudenburg · since 1989
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Abbreviation of Compagnie Le Bus · Etterbeek · since 2014
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Full-service restaurants · since 1974
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Full-service restaurants
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2020
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Development of residential building projects · Verviers · since 2021
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Employment placement agencies · Affligem · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · since 2026
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Abbreviation of LEGIT BELGIUM · Namur · since 2026
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · Antwerpen · since 2008