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.
“FAMEUS”
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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Abbreviation of FAMEUS vzw - huis voor de Amateurkunsten · Other support activities for arts and performing arts · Antwerpen · since 2002
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Arendonk · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2021
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Productie van televisieprogramma's · since 2024
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Advertising agencies · Lille · since 2026
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2023
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Renting and leasing of other personal and household goods · Kontich · since 2014
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Other sports activities · since 2018
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2016
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Vorselaar · since 2023
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Other printing · since 2026
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1989
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · since 2007
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Business and other management consultancy · Koekelberg · since 2025
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Cafés and bars · since 2014
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Full-service restaurants · Vilvoorde · since 1986
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Other tax advisory services · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1990
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Hairdressing and barber services · Mol · since 2013
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Activities of holding companies · Willebroek · since 2019
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2011
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Full-service restaurants · since 2010
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Liège · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Fleet & Mobility Excellence · Business and other management consultancy · Meise · since 2023
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Other education · since 2019
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Lille · since 2002
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LUXEMBOURG · since 1992
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Retail sale of motor vehicle parts and accessories · Eghezée · since 2000
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Abbreviation of FABRICATIONS METALLIQUES DU CONDROZ · Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Ouffet · since 1973
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Other software publishing · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2018
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Other retail sale of new goods · Roeselare · since 2004
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Heusden-Zolder · since 2007
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Vervaardiging van hydraulische en pneumatische apparatuur · Visé · since 2025