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.
“FAHAM”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vermogensbeheer · Eeklo · since 2012
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Mouscron · since 2018
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Groothandel in sport- en kampeerartikelen, met uitzondering van fietsen · Wevelgem · since 1958
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Comines-Warneton · since 1993
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Abbreviation of SERVICE D'ACCOMPAGNEMENT POUR HANDICAPES MENTAUX ADULTES DU NORD-OUEST DE BRUXELLES · Activiteiten van dagcentra voor volwassenen met een mentale handicap, met inbegrip van ambulante hulpverlening · Ganshoren · since 1996
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Detailhandel in zuivelproducten en eieren · Awans · since 2023
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Vervaardiging van machines voor de productie van voedings- en genotmiddelen · Kontich · since 1997
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Wuustwezel · since 2014
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · since 1985
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Abbreviation of FAM & EVENTS asbl · Brussel · since 2017
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Abbreviation of ALPHA MUSAO · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Football Amateur Hennuyer · Binche · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Fédération des Associations Malonnoises · Namur · since 2004
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Wholesale of agricultural produce and animal feed, general range · Büllingen · since 2006
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Business and other management consultancy · Wuustwezel · since 2006
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Full-service restaurants · Mechelen · since 2008
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Evergem · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Chimay · since 2024
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Amicale Home d'accueil Mariembourg · Couvin · since 2006
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Liège · since 1974
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Detailhandel in breigarens, handwerken en fournituren · Herenthout · since 1980