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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.

“BFVI”

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.

  • BFVI same name
    Insurance agents and brokers · Ciney · since 2020
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • B.F.V. similar
    Abbreviation of BELGISCHE FRUITVEILING · Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Sint-Katelijne-Waver · since 1990
  • Insulation installation · since 1997
  • BFV similar
    Buying and selling of own real estate · Yvoir · since 2019
  • BFV similar
    Abbreviation of Buckfast Vlaanderen · Other membership organisations · Oostende · since 2021
  • B.F.V. similar
    Abbreviation of BELLIFONTVINS · Tintigny · since 2010
  • BFVB similar
    Abbreviation of Belgische Federatie van Voedselbanken · Activities of business and employers' organisations · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 1988
  • B.F.V.D. similar
    Abbreviation of De Belgische Beroepsfederatie van visdetaillisten · Diepenbeek · since 1988
  • B.F.V.L. similar
    Abbreviation of Bureau voor fiskale vertegenwoordiging · Business and other management consultancy · Lanaken · since 1991
  • B.F.V.V. similar
    Abbreviation of BELGISCHE FEDERATIE VOOR VEILIGHEIDSMENSEN - FEDERATION BELGE DES PERSONNES DE SECURITE · Leuven · since 1998
  • BFVA similar
    Abbreviation of BOEKHOUDING & FISCALITEIT VANDEN ABBEELE · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Stabroek · since 2014
  • BFVS similar
    Abbreviation of BELGISCHE FEDERATIE VAN VASTGOEDSCHATTERS · Ukkel · since 2022

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