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.
“FERROTRADE”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Hooglede · since 2001
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Interior design · since 2025
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Groothandel in afval en schroot, n.e.g. · Poperinge · since 2018
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Other information service activities · Oudsbergen · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of PRO-TRADEGROUP · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Zwalm · since 2011
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Full-service restaurants · Bierbeek · since 1995
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Activities of holding companies · Maldegem · since 2013
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Gent · since 2022
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Forging of metal · since 2006
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Tielt · since 2024
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Households as employers of domestic personnel · Keerbergen · since 2026
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Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1968
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Varkensvetmesterijen · Kasterlee · since 1974
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General construction of residential buildings · Ganshoren · since 1981
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Antwerpen · since 1982
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Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1993
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2005
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Retail sale of household furniture · since 2013
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Forging of metal · Brugge · since 2019
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Groothandel in granen en zaden · Riemst · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of FUEL TRADE · Groothandel in kunstmeststoffen en andere agrochemische producten · Dendermonde · since 2023
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Support activities for animal production · Enghien · since 2006
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Mobile food service activities · since 2025