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.
“FAN”
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
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Name of an establishment of FAN-LEBLEU · Other business support services · Antwerpen · since 1968
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Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 1996
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Abbreviation of DEBOUCQ et TOONS · Manufacture of ceramic household and ornamental articles · Chastre · since 1999
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Abbreviation of Football Acadamy Noah · Other business support services · Keerbergen · since 2016
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Abbreviation of for animals · Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · since 2022
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Lanaken · since 2005
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2017
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Activities of holding companies · Aartselaar · since 2019
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Other business support services · Wevelgem · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Waterloo · since 2008
Names that resemble it 49 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Federaal Agentschap voor Nucleaire Controle · Other technical testing and analysis · Brussel · since 1994
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Manufacture of beer · Büllingen · since 1995
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 1993
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Cafés and bars · Anderlecht · since 2018
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Joinery installation · since 2019
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Abbreviation of FANT-COMPTABILITE-FISCALITE · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Tournai · since 2011
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Gent · since 2012
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Affligem · since 2003
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Antwerpen · since 2024
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Roofing work · since 2025
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2026
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Anderlecht · since 2026
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Eschweiler · since 1968
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Full-service restaurants · Liège · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Le Foyer de l'Association Nationale Belge du Lancer · Brussel · since 1941
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1983
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Name of an establishment of FALAH · Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Schaarbeek · since 1986
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Ukkel · since 1988
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Hasselt · since 1990
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Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · Seneffe · since 1996
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Manufacture of jewellery · Antwerpen · since 2001
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 1986
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Literary creation · since 2013
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Lebbeke · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Follow and Optimize · Business and other management consultancy · Havelange · since 2016
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2017
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Deinze · since 2017
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Office administrative and support services · since 2017
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Other postal and courier activities · since 1993
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 1988
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Vermogensbeheer · Mechelen · since 2014
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Full-service restaurants · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2019
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Asse · since 2020
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Activiteiten van binderijen en aanverwante diensten · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2021
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · since 1985
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General construction of residential buildings · Drogenbos · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Esneux · since 2023
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Pajottegem · since 2023
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Brecht · since 2009
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Name of an establishment of YOBI · Full-service restaurants · Mechelen · since 2005
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Activities of holding companies · Ingelmunster · since 2006
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Landscape service activities · Zandhoven · since 2023
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General construction of residential buildings · Drogenbos · since 2024
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Insurance agents and brokers · Keerbergen · since 2025
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Abbreviation of FASHION ANIMATIONS, en abrégé FAAN · Couvin · since 2004
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Elsene · since 1968
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Neupré · since 1983
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Retail sale of souvenirs and religious articles · Anderlecht · since 1986
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Vervaardiging van kunststofartikelen voor de bouw · Ardooie · since 2014