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.
“FARELL”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Nursing and midwifery · Boussu · since 2025
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Herentals · since 2010
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Activities of head offices · Grimbergen · since 2025
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Turnhout · since 1996
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Name of an establishment of LAMBRECHTS · Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Tienen · since 1986
Names that resemble it 27 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Formations et Accompagnement pour le Recherche d' Emploi · Waterloo · since 1982
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Abbreviation of Festival des Arts de Rue d'Ecaussinnes · Other membership organisations · Ecaussinnes · since 2014
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Gent · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Fonds des Affections Respiratoires · Other social work without accommodation · Brussel · since 1981
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Brussel · since 1997
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 1999
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Den Dolder · since 1938
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Retail sale of lighting equipment · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 2021
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Lochristi · since 2022
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Brussel · since 2006
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2019
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Detailhandel in baby- en kinderbovenkleding · Tournai · since 1991
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General electrical installation work · since 2013
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Vrachtbehandeling in zeehavens · Lievegem · since 2014
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2019
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General construction of residential buildings · Dilbeek · since 2020
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Nursing and midwifery · Mouscron · since 2021
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Edegem · since 2023
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 2009
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Site preparation · Thuin · since 2007
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Niklaas · since 2008
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Dental practice · since 2015
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Advertising agencies · since 2005
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2014
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2023