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Name check

Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“FAIA”

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

1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.

  • FAIA same name
    Vervaardiging van andere voedingsmiddelen, n.e.g. · Hasselt · since 2018
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • FAI similar
    Abbreviation of FEDERAZIONE ACLI INTERNAZIONALI · Brussel · since 2001
  • FAI similar
    Abbreviation of La Fabrique à Initiatives ASBL · Other social work without accommodation · Dinant · since 2025
  • F.A.I.R. similar
    Abbreviation of Union professionnelle des Fabricants et Importateurs de Matériel électrotechnique · Vorst · since 1938
  • FAIB similar
    Name of an establishment of Fédération des Associations européennes et internationales établies en Belgique (F.A.I.B.) · Activities of business and employers' organisations · Elsene · since 1949
  • FAIR similar
    Abbreviation of Union Professionnelle des Fabricants et Importateurs de Matériel Electronique · Brussel · since 1938
  • F.A.I.S. similar
    Abbreviation of FLEXIBLE AUTOMATION INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS · General electrical installation work · Herentals · since 1999
  • FAID similar
    Detailhandel in tapijten en andere vloerbedekking en wandbekleding · Jette · since 2001
  • FAIM similar
    Full-service restaurants · Kontich · since 2015
  • Retail sale of wines and spirits · since 2016
  • FAIR similar
    Abbreviation of Firma van Architecten en Ingenieurs in Roeselare · Activities of building architects · Roeselare · since 2020
  • FAIR + similar
    Machining of metals · Ans · since 2010
  • F.A.I.C. similar
    Abbreviation of FLANDERS ALL INVEST COMPANY · Other business support services · Houthulst · since 2010
  • F.A.I.R. similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2003
  • GFAIA similar
    Abbreviation of GROUPEMENT DES FEMMES AFRICAINES INTEGREES ET ACTIVES · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2008
  • ALFAIA similar
    Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Elsene · since 2021
  • Fair similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Westerlo · since 1992

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