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.
“FADON”
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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vermogensbeheer · Hasselt · since 2005
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Full-service restaurants · Gistel · since 1995
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · since 1989
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Joinery installation · Gistel · since 2020
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Market research and public opinion polling · Lievegem · since 1986
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Full-service restaurants · Etterbeek · since 2000
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Activities of holding companies · Wevelgem · since 1979
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Ukkel · since 1988
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Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · Gent · since 2016
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Mechelen · since 2021
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Computer programming · since 2023
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Joinery installation · since 2009
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2025
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Drogenbos · since 2026
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of holding companies · Damme · since 1998
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Business and other management consultancy · Dilbeek · since 2020
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Other business support services · Laakdal · since 2026
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Kortrijk · since 2018
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Schilde · since 2007
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Jette · since 2005
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1986
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Abbreviation of FONDATION AFRICAINE D'AIDE ET DEVELOPPEMENT · Wichelen · since 2003
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Vermogensbeheer · Knokke-Heist · since 2011
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Vermogensbeheer · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Schilde · since 2011
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Raising of horses and other equines · Arendonk · since 2006
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Abbreviation of FLEMISH AID AND DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATION · Gent · since 1973
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Lokeren · since 1998