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.
“BIFAS”
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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Temse · since 2011
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Abbreviation of Centre international de Formation en arts du Spectacle · Cultural education · Brussel · since 1983
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Brugge · since 1994
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Business and other management consultancy · Alken · since 1996
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Abbreviation of Centre interrégional de Formationd'Aide et de Services · Waterloo · since 1997
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Abbreviation of FONDS D'ASSAINISSEMENT DES SOLS DES STATIONS - SERVICE - BODEMSANERINGSFONDS VOOR BENZINESTATIONS · Sanering en ander afvalbeheer · Zaventem · since 2000
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Abbreviation of BIKAS, BELGIUM NEPAL ASSOCIATION · Edegem · since 2001
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Activities of holding companies · Zwevegem · since 2015
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Activities of business and employers' organisations · Paris · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Ternat · since 2012
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2010
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Anzegem · since 2026
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 1989
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2021
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Groothandel in onderkleding · since 2023
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Performing arts by independent artists · Genappe · since 1994
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Abbreviation of CONFEDERATION EUROPEENNE DES ASSOCIATIONS DE FAMILLES DE TRAUMATISES CRANIENS · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 1999
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Liège · since 2000
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Abbreviation of Boonen Interior & Fashion · Detailhandel in verf en verfwaren · Hamont-Achel · since 2021
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Other information service activities · Oostende · since 2023
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Abbreviation of BALLET INSTITUTE OF FLANDERS - BALLETINSTITUUT VAN VLAANDEREN · Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Antwerpen · since 2012
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Schilde · since 1991