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.
“FAIM”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Full-service restaurants · Kontich · since 2015
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2014
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Other construction installation · La Hulpe · since 2005
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Schoten · since 2021
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Advertising agencies · Knokke-Heist · since 2014
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of FEDERAZIONE ACLI INTERNAZIONALI · Brussel · since 2001
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Real estate agency activities · Manhay · since 2003
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Abbreviation of La Fabrique à Initiatives ASBL · Other social work without accommodation · Dinant · since 2025
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Faimes · since 2007
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Development of residential building projects · Faimes · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Union professionnelle des Fabricants et Importateurs de Matériel électrotechnique · Vorst · since 1938
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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
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Abbreviation of Union Professionnelle des Fabricants et Importateurs de Matériel Electronique · Brussel · since 1938
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Abbreviation of FLEXIBLE AUTOMATION INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS · General electrical installation work · Herentals · since 1999
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Detailhandel in tapijten en andere vloerbedekking en wandbekleding · Jette · since 2001
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · since 2016
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Vervaardiging van andere voedingsmiddelen, n.e.g. · Hasselt · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Firma van Architecten en Ingenieurs in Roeselare · Activities of building architects · Roeselare · since 2020
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Machining of metals · Ans · since 2010
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Abbreviation of FLANDERS ALL INVEST COMPANY · Other business support services · Houthulst · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2003
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Activities of holding companies · Faimes · since 2020
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Liège · since 2006
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Westerlo · since 1992