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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.

“FAMALE”

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.

  • FAMALE same name
    Activities of head offices · Sankt Vith · since 2018
  • AMALE very similar
    Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2004
  • Plastering work · since 2012
  • KAMALE very similar
    Herent · since 2014
  • Other personal services · since 2026
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • FAMA similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 1994
  • FAMAB similar
    Abbreviation of Fédération des Associations Musulmanes Africaines de Belgique · Brussel · since 2020
  • Famax similar
    Activities of holding companies · Elsene · since 2020
  • FAMAN similar
    Insurance agents and brokers · Keerbergen · since 2025
  • FAMART similar
    Haacht · since 1989
  • FAMARO similar
    Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 1990
  • Fa Maas similar
    Breda · since 2017
  • FAMACO similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Antwerpen · since 2002
  • FAMACO similar
    Name of an establishment of SAS SOCIETE DES ETABLISSEMENTS F PFIRTE · Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen · Chantillon · since 1965
  • Famaat similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Eghezée · since 2023
  • FAMARA similar
    Knokke-Heist · since 2023
  • FAMAPI similar
    Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Ninove · since 2025
  • FAMARI similar
    Translation services · Diest · since 2025
  • M.A.L.E similar
    Abbreviation of Mon Ame Loue l'Eternel · Menen · since 2012
  • Fama similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Antwerpen · since 1931
  • Famaco similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Brussel · since 1955
  • FAMACO similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Kelmis · since 2008

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