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.
“FARA”
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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Other social work without accommodation · Leuven · since 1990
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Knokke-Heist · since 1992
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Abbreviation of FORUM D'ACTIONS ET DE REFLEXIONS POUR L'AFRIQUE · Etterbeek · since 2010
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Activiteiten van bejaardenzorg aan huis, muv (thuis)verpleging · since 2025
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Activiteiten van bejaardenzorg aan huis, muv (thuis)verpleging · Awans · since 2025
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2015
Names that resemble it 49 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Groothandel in sport- en kampeerartikelen, met uitzondering van fietsen · Wevelgem · since 1958
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Cafés and bars · Leuven · since 1992
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Waasmunster · since 1996
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Abbreviation of Foyer d'Activités, de Résidence et de Répit pour Adultes · Instellingen met huisvesting voor volwassenen met een mentale handicap · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1996
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Abbreviation of OMNISPORTVERENIGING FARAO · Geraardsbergen · since 2001
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2000
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Full-service restaurants · Boechout · since 2016
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Activities of holding companies · Rijkevorsel · since 2022
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of YOBI · Full-service restaurants · Mechelen · since 2005
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Trade name of SAVEURS ET SELECTIONS · Courcelles · since 2007
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Bemiddelingsactiviteiten in verband met goederenvervoer · Meerhout · since 2026
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Abbreviation of FORM'ACTION ANDRE RENARD · Vocational training · Liège · since 1963
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Abbreviation of FABRICATION ARDENNAISE RAUSIN · Activiteiten van slachthuizen · Durbuy · since 1977
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Abbreviation of Foncière et agricole de Roly · Mixed farming · Izegem · since 1979
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Eghezée · since 1988
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Plastering work · since 2012
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2018
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since 2020
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Vermogensbeheer · Schilde · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Liège · since 2022
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Anderlecht · since 2023
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Knokke-Heist · since 2023
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Ninove · since 2010
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Full-service restaurants · Wemmel · since 2005
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since 2023
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Office administrative and support services · since 2019
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Other retail sale of food · since 2024
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Aiseau-Presles · since 1995
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Name of an establishment of SYLMER SHIPPING · Inland freight water transport · Destelbergen · since 2001
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 2014
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Machining of metals · since 2006
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2016
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Other education · since 2019
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since 2021
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General electrical installation work · Brasschaat · since 2023
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Computer programming · Charleroi · since 2023
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Cafés and bars · Ukkel · since 2011
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Activities of holding companies · Liège · since 2004
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Name of an establishment of CALLENS MANUFACTURING · Full-service restaurants · Elsene · since 2006
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Other postal and courier activities · since 2024
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Hairdressing and barber services · Dilbeek · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2014
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Brussel · since 1987
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Wholesale of other food products · Koekelberg · since 1991
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General electrical installation work · Antwerpen · since 2008
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Other postal and courier activities · since 2025
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Development of residential building projects · Temse · since 2017