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.
“FERSA”
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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Performing arts by independent artists · Hasselt · since 2014
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Abbreviation of FORMATION ET RECHERCHE SOCIALES INTERNATIONALES · Etterbeek · since 1995
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General medical practice · Boom · since 2001
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Abbreviation of FORUM EUROPEEN DES INSTITUTS DE RECHERCHE SUR LA SECURITE ROUTIERE · Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2012
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Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · Deinze · since 1977
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Ledegem · since 1994
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Retail sale of watches and jewellery · since 2020
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Kruisem · since 2020
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Abbreviation of FRANCE EUROPE RENCONTRE · Other membership organisations · Ukkel · since 1982
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Machining of metals · Lubbeek · since 2025
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Oudsbergen · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Frameries European Runners · Quévy · since 2026
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Physiotherapy · Farciennes · since 2021
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Sint-Truiden · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 2025
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Retail sale of beverages, general range · Gent · since 2025
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Activities of head offices · Kasterlee · since 2025
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Erquelinnes · since 1965
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Schilde · since 1983
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Abbreviation of EUROPEAN REGIONAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION - ASSOCIATION EUROPEENNE DE SCIENCE REGIONALE · Milano · since 2002
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Computer programming · Wemmel · since 2017
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Abbreviation of ENTREPRISES ROMANIELLO · Charleroi · since 1975