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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.

“TONGIMO”

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.

  • TONGIMO same name
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Lasne · since 1992
Names that resemble it 8 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • TONGA similar
    Name of an establishment of D.B.C.T. · Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Genappe · since 1988
  • TONGA similar
    Liège · since 2006
  • Gimo similar
    Waregem · since 1968
  • GIMO similar
    Abbreviation of GESTION IMMOBILIERE MODERNE · Charleroi · since 1991
  • GIMO similar
    Sint-Lievens-Houtem · since 2003
  • GIMO similar
    General construction of residential buildings · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2003
  • Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 1979
  • Tonga similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Merksplas · since 1977

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