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.
“Verbiese, Gilbert”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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since 1977
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 1971
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Ieper · since 1963
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Vervaardiging van koffers, tassen, zadel- en tuigmakerswerk van ongeacht welk materiaal · since 2017
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Menen · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Ronse · since 2026
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Mixed farming · since 1971
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General electrical installation work · since 2003
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · since 2001
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since 2006
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Mixed farming · since 1971
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Other building finishing work · since 1989
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 1995
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Landscape service activities · since 1992
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Mixed farming · since 1979
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Vervaardiging van geneesmiddelen · Antwerpen · since 1998
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · since 2009
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since 1991
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Support activities for animal production · since 2012