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.
“FAMIDEL”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Insurance agents and brokers · Walcourt · since 2001
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Gent · since 1980
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Zulte · since 2017
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Court-Saint-Etienne · since 1988
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of DENTINE · Dental practice · Tournai · since 2000
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Abbreviation of Familles du Monde · Socio-cultural adult education · Brussel · since 2007
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Detailhandel in boeken · Mons · since 2016
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Activities of lawyers · Genk · since 2020
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Abbreviation of FEDERATION D'ASSOCIATIONS DE MIGRANTS POUR LE DEVELOPEMENT DE L'AFRIQUE CENTRALE · since 2010
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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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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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Ondersteunende activiteiten in verband met verzekeringen en pensioenfondsen, n.e.g. · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 1986
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Real estate agency activities · Zottegem · since 1998
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Menen · since 2001
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Lille · since 2002
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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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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Oud-Turnhout · since 2024
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Soumagne · since 1990
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Name of an establishment of FIDEL CommV · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Gent · since 2021