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.
“FEMADIS”
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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Other business support services · Ranst · since 2011
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Advertising agencies · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 1991
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Deinze · since 2001
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Seraing · since 2001
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Abbreviation of Federatie van de tabaksdistributeurs · Temse · since 2008
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Sports and recreation education · since 2023
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Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1940
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Abbreviation of Koninklijke Belgische Federatie van Handelaren in Bouwmaterialen - Fédération royale belge des Négociants en Matériaux de Construction · Asse · since 1940
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Anderlecht · since 1992
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Roofing work · Bocholt · since 1993
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Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Ath · since 1999
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Abbreviation of Federation of European Motorcyclists' Associations · Brussel · since 1999
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2017
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Manufacture of other wood products · since 1990
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Wholesale of perfume and cosmetics · Liège · since 2004
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Evere · since 2007
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Verhuur en lease van vaat- en glaswerk, keuken- en tafelgerei, elektrische huishoudapparaten en andere huishoudelijke benodigdheden · Izegem · since 1985
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Other business support services · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2014
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Real estate agency activities · Zoersel · since 2015
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Full-service restaurants · since 2025
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Book publishing · since 2026
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Colfontaine · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Femke Mangelschots Accountancy · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Brasschaat · since 2006
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Full-service restaurants · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of MADI'S SSSPJ · Full-service restaurants · Malmedy · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · since 2026
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Activities of company auditors · Elsene · since 2022