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.
“FAPA”
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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Abbreviation of Familial Adenomatous Polyposis Association · Schaarbeek · since 1993
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Abbreviation of FEDERATION AFRICAINE DES PAYS AMIS · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2013
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Verviers · since 2010
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Abbreviation of FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION PLAYERS' AGENT · Schaarbeek · since 2005
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Abbreviation of FEDERATION DES ARTISTES PROFESSIONNELS ET AMATEURS · Seraing · since 2026
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Raising of horses and other equines · Zwalm · since 2017
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of FOND D'AIDE PEDAGOGIQUE DE L'ATHENEE ROYAL DE THUIN · Thuin · since 1995
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · PISTOIA PT · since 1988
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Abbreviation of Fabriek Paysanne · Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Fédération des Arts plastiques · Activities of professional membership organisations · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Fils à Papa · Office administrative and support services · Zandhoven · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Fusion Art Péruwelz · Cultural education · Antoing · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Fédération des Associations Porteuses d'Actions de Cohésion Sociale au sein des quartiers de logement social à Bruxelles · Brussel · since 2025
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Rusthuizen voor ouderen (ROB) · Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes · since 2017
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2022
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Verhuur en exploitatie van terreinen · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Foremost Advertising and Promotion Organisation · Brussel · since 1961
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Abbreviation of Formation et Actions provinciales socialistes · Liège · since 1998
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Elsene · since 2000
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Abbreviation of Association de Formation en Algologie Pédiatrique et Soins Continus · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 2013
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Abbreviation of FEDERATION DES ASSOCIATIONS PORTUGAISES DE BELGIQUE · Elsene · since 2009
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Abbreviation of GEFI USC FAPI · Farciennes · since 2012
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Blégny · since 2005
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Abbreviation of International Association of Fashion Professional & Entrepreneurs · Brussel · since 2025
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Antwerpen · since 1997
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Sports and recreation education · since 2024
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Dendermonde · since 2011
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Abbreviation of Fighting Arts Promotion · Schaarbeek · since 1987
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2019