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.
“FADIE”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Lebbeke · since 2013
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Lebbeke · since 1974
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Name of an establishment of FINANCIAL ACTUARIES AND XIE · Computer programming · Bonheiden · since 1997
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Middelkerke · since 1998
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Tremelo · since 2000
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Other retail sale of food · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Etterbeek · since 2026
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Fédération d'Associations pour la Diffusion de l'Information · Brussel · since 1987
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Other research and development on natural sciences · Gent · since 2014
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Retail sale of second-hand clothing · Aalst · since 1998
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2017
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General electrical installation work · Saint-Nicolas · since 2023
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2023
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Jette · since 2005
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1990
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Aalst · since 1968
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Abbreviation of Fédération belge de Fabricants, Distributeurs et Grossistes en Jeux, Jouets et Articles de Puériculture · Brussel · since 1984
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Activities of interior architects · since 2018
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Lebbeke · since 2007
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Activiteiten van bejaardenzorg aan huis, muv (thuis)verpleging · since 2024
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General electrical installation work · since 1992
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Oudenburg · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Association for the development of indegenous ethics · Gembloux · since 2023
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2025