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.
“F.R.D.”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other building finishing work · Haacht · since 1991
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Bouw van bruggen en tunnels · since 1996
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Other construction installation · Haacht · since 2009
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Ferrières · since 2018
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Activities of holding companies · Houthulst · since 2020
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Other specialised construction activities · Ternat · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2017
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Bredene · since 2011
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Full-service restaurants · Eeklo · since 2024
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Abbreviation of FERNAND RUTTEN · Buying and selling of own real estate · Schilde · since 2002
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Abbreviation of AKQA Brussels PR · Advertising agencies · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2014
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Etterbeek · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Flash Raccoon · Pre-press and pre-media services · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2017
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Abbreviation of FREE · Kortrijk · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Fertile Relations · Verenigingen en bewegingen voor volwassenen · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Abbreviation of FRAME · Literary creation · Hoegaarden · since 2021
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Gent · since 2007
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Verviers · since 2008