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.
“FARAO”
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
17 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Cafés and bars · Leuven · since 1992
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Abbreviation of OMNISPORTVERENIGING FARAO · Geraardsbergen · since 2001
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Groothandel in sport- en kampeerartikelen, met uitzondering van fietsen · Wevelgem · since 1958
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Waasmunster · since 1996
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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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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2025
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Bemiddelingsactiviteiten in verband met goederenvervoer · Meerhout · since 2026
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2018
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Anderlecht · since 2023
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Brussel · since 1987
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Wholesale of other food products · Koekelberg · since 1991
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2022
Names that resemble it 30 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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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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Plastering work · since 2012
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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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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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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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Vermogensbeheer · Schilde · since 2020
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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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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2015
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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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General electrical installation work · Antwerpen · since 2008