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.
“FAROW”
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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Computer programming · Hasselt · since 2017
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Varkensvetmesterijen · Staden · since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · Kraainem · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Hoeilaart · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Faros - competition & data protection · Activities of lawyers · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2022
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Antwerpen · since 2010
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Computer programming · Kontich · since 2004
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Business and other management consultancy · Aarschot · since 2004
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Advertising agencies · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2024
Names that resemble it 19 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Vilvoorde · since 1983
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Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen · Antwerpen · since 1988
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Vorst · since 1991
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Oostkamp · since 2021
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Sports and recreation education · since 2010
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2023
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SZCZECIN · since 2024
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Book publishing · Putte · since 2022
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Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Lessines · since 2004
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leiden · since 2007
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Activities of holding companies · Oostkamp · since 2023
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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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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Hemiksem · since 2013
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Discotheken, dancings en dergelijke · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2019
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Removal services · since 2016
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Buying and selling of own real estate · since 2011