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.
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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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of FORM'ACTION ANDRE RENARD · Vocational training · Liège · since 1963
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Abbreviation of FABRICATION ARDENNAISE RAUSIN · Activiteiten van slachthuizen · Durbuy · since 1977
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Abbreviation of Foncière et agricole de Roly · Mixed farming · Izegem · since 1979
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Vermogensbeheer · Schilde · since 2020
Names that resemble it 52 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of holding companies · Ranst · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Formations et Accompagnement pour le Recherche d' Emploi · Waterloo · since 1982
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Vilvoorde · since 1983
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Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen · Antwerpen · since 1988
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Other social work without accommodation · Leuven · since 1990
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Vorst · since 1991
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Knokke-Heist · since 1992
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Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 2013
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Other construction installation · since 1991
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Abbreviation of Festival des Arts de Rue d'Ecaussinnes · Other membership organisations · Ecaussinnes · since 2014
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2015
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Hairdressing and barber services · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2015
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Evere · since 2018
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Gent · since 2018
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2019
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Balen · since 2020
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Gent · since 2020
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Oostkamp · since 2021
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Vermogensbeheer · Ninove · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of Elham Company 2 · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Gent · since 2022
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Handelsbemiddeling in de groothandel in landbouwgrondstoffen, levende dieren en textielgrondstoffen en halffabricaten · Lo-Reninge · since 2022
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Abbreviation of FAAR (for artists and residents) · Visual arts creation · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Abbreviation of FORUM D'ACTIONS ET DE REFLEXIONS POUR L'AFRIQUE · Etterbeek · since 2010
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Sports and recreation education · since 2010
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Gent · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Fine Art Restoration Mechelen · Other specialised construction activities · Mechelen · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Fashion Art Revolution Society · Tielt-Winge · since 2025
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Activiteiten van bejaardenzorg aan huis, muv (thuis)verpleging · since 2025
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Activiteiten van bejaardenzorg aan huis, muv (thuis)verpleging · Awans · since 2025
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · since 2026
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2026
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Vorst · since 2026
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Cafés and bars · Vorst · since 2015
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Winning, behandeling en distributie van water · Gent · since 1923
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Groothandel in sport- en kampeerartikelen, met uitzondering van fietsen · Wevelgem · since 1958
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Abbreviation of Fonds des Affections Respiratoires · Other social work without accommodation · Brussel · since 1981
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Schaarbeek · since 1982
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Antwerpen · since 1989
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Computer programming · Hasselt · since 2017
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Retail sale of lighting equipment · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Koksijde · since 2000
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Sound recording · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Evergem · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Architectenbureau Frederic Goethals · Activities of building architects · Bertem · since 2010
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Antwerpen · since 2010
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Development of residential building projects · Temse · since 2017
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Buying and selling of own real estate · since 2011
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Koekelberg · since 1991
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Zaventem · since 2017
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General construction of residential buildings · Antwerpen · since 2008
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2023