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.
“FD-i”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
-
Abbreviation of Front Démocratique ixellois · Elsene · since 1983
-
Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · La Louvière · since 1993
-
Abbreviation of Field Diplomacy Initiative - Terreindiplomatie Initiatief - Initiative de Diplomatie de Terrain · Leuven · since 1997
-
Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Brussel · since 2015
-
Abbreviation of FUTURE DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE · Zaventem · since 2020
-
Abbreviation of FOOD DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL · Other printing · Raeren · since 2003
-
Abbreviation of Fédération dentaire internationale · Brussel · since 1948
-
Full-service restaurants · Neupré · since 2007
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
-
Abbreviation of Fabrice DUMONT INFORMATIQUE ET CONSEILS · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1998
-
Abbreviation of Flanders Fashion Design International · Vervaardiging van overige geconfectioneerde artikelen van textiel, muv kleding · Deinze · since 2017
-
Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2024
-
Abbreviation of F. DIMIDSCHSTEIN · Business and other management consultancy · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2017
-
Abbreviation of federatie der baggerwerken · Other personal services · Brussel · since 1938
-
Abbreviation of FEMINA DOCHERIE · Charleroi · since 2013
-
Certified accountants and tax accountants · Wervik · since 2016
-
Abbreviation of FORSEN DABKE · Anderlecht · since 2018
-
Abbreviation of Fondation pour le Débat · Genappe · since 2007
-
Abbreviation of Falemprise Développement · Other amusement and recreation activities · Cerfontaine · since 2026