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.
“FARABEL”
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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Hairdressing and barber services · Dilbeek · since 2025
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Groothandel in machines, werktuigen en toebehoren voor de landbouw · Wingene · since 2018
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Abbreviation of ATELIERS RADIOMECANIQUES BELGES · Vervaardiging van consumentenelektronica · Dilbeek · since 1959
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION DES RESIDENTS ARGENTINS EN BELGIQUE ET AU GRAND DUCHE DU LUXEMBOURG · Etterbeek · since 1999
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Oudergem · since 2000
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Abbreviation of ARA-BEL MISSION · Halle · since 2002
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Name of an establishment of Ben’s Media · Uitzenden van radioprogramma’s en distributie van audio · Schaarbeek · since 2023
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Other business support services · De Panne · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Paraclimbing Be · Other sports activities · Leuven · since 2022
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Cultural education · Rixensart · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Famille Bamendjou de Bruxelles · Anderlecht · since 2006
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Manufacture of jewellery · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Art et Accueil en Belgique · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1970
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Name of an establishment of EXPLOITATIE MAATSCHAPPIJ FORABEL · Raising of other animals · since 1985
Names that resemble it 28 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Dilbeek · since 2008
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Graphic design and visual communication · Dendermonde · since 2009
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Office administrative and support services · Zandhoven · since 1991
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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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Abbreviation of Fédération des Courtiers d'Assurances et Intermédiaires Financiers de Belgique · Activities of business and employers' organisations · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1937
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Groothandel in bloemen en planten · Sprimont · since 1998
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Mixed farming · Walhain · since 2003
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Detailhandel in herenbovenkleding · Waterloo · since 2009
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 2006
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Verviers · since 2026
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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 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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Other business support services · Kortrijk · since 2023
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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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Montigny-le-Tilleul · since 1942
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Brussel · since 1987
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Wholesale of other food products · Koekelberg · since 1991