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.
“FAMI”
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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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Ukkel · since 1997
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Name of an establishment of FAFA · Retail sale of footwear · Gavere · since 2001
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Name of an establishment of Burgerlijke Maatschap FaMi · Vermogensbeheer · Oud-Turnhout · since 2014
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Cafés and bars · Anderlecht · since 2024
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Oud-Turnhout · since 2024
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Abbreviation of THE QUALITY AND SAFETY SYSTEM FOR SPECIALITY FEED INGREDIENTS · Activities of business and employers' organisations · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2004
Names that resemble it 58 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Postdiensten in het kader van de universele dienstverplichting · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2019
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Web portal activities · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2012
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Business and other management consultancy · Tielt · since 1992
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Erpe-Mere · since 1996
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Vervaardiging van machines voor de productie van voedings- en genotmiddelen · Kontich · since 1997
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Activities of holding companies · Brugge · since 2001
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Name of an establishment of Famelight · On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Greenwich London · since 2013
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Wuustwezel · since 2014
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Cafés and bars · since 2025
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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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Other non-specialised retail sale · Tielt · since 2018
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Châtelet · since 2019
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Abbreviation of ALPHA MUSAO · since 2019
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Sports and recreation education · since 2020
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General construction of other non-residential buildings · Durbuy · since 2020
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Retail sale of second-hand clothing · Aalst · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Namur · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Fédération des Associations Malonnoises · Namur · since 2004
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Waasmunster · since 2005
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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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Abbreviation of Familles du Monde · Socio-cultural adult education · Brussel · since 2007
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Abbreviation of FINANZIERUNG UND IVESTMENT ANSTALT-FAMISO · VADUZ · since 1976
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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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Name of an establishment of NK26 · Cafés and bars · Schaarbeek · since 2025
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Groothandel in koffie, thee, cacao en specerijen · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Family - La maison des Familles · Elsene · since 2025
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Overige accommodatie · Overijse · since 2025
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Leuven · since 1958
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Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 1949
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Business and other management consultancy · Harelbeke · since 1979
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Gent · since 1980
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Name of an establishment of HANWELL · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Nijlen · since 1989
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Exploitatie van culturele centra en multifunctionele zalen ten behoeve van culturele activiteiten · Haacht · since 2002
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Gavere · since 2015
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Detailhandel in boeken · Mons · since 2016
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Keerbergen · since 2018
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Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2017
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Knokke-Heist · since 2000
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General construction of residential buildings · Brugge · since 2022
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Elsene · since 2010
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Abbreviation of FEDERATION D'ASSOCIATIONS DE MIGRANTS POUR LE DEVELOPEMENT DE L'AFRIQUE CENTRALE · since 2010
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Kapellen · since 2010
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Name of an establishment · Roofing work · Genk · since 2011
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Lebbeke · since 2007
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Name of an establishment of ' t Ketje · Event catering · Putte · since 2007
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Lummen · since 2023
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Computer programming · Verviers · since 2025
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Jette · since 1960
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Liège · since 1974
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Detailhandel in breigarens, handwerken en fournituren · Herenthout · since 1980
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since 2017
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Name of an establishment · Retail sale of household furniture · Mons · since 2012