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.
“FAFAN”
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
15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Aartselaar · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of FAN-LEBLEU · Other business support services · Antwerpen · since 1968
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Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 1996
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Abbreviation of DEBOUCQ et TOONS · Manufacture of ceramic household and ornamental articles · Chastre · since 1999
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Abbreviation of Football Acadamy Noah · Other business support services · Keerbergen · since 2016
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Abbreviation of for animals · Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · since 2022
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Lanaken · since 2005
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of FALAH · Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Schaarbeek · since 1986
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Ukkel · since 1988
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Name of an establishment · Activities of lawyers · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2015
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Mechelen · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of YOBI · Full-service restaurants · Mechelen · since 2005
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Insurance agents and brokers · Keerbergen · since 2025
Names that resemble it 6 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of footwear · Gavere · since 2001
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Abbreviation of Verbond van Familieverenigingen · Chastre · since 2019
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Abbreviation of FAMENNE ARDENNE FINANCE · Agents and brokers in banking services · Marche-en-Famenne · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Fédération des Agents des Forêts · Libin · since 2025
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2026
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Le Mans · since 1997