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.
“FIFO”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of Kapelgemeenschap Filosofenfontein · Leuven · since 2021
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Herent · since 2004
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Football clubs · Roeselare · since 2024
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of FONDS DE PROTECTION DES DEPOTS ET DES INSTRUMENTS FINANCIERS - BESCHERMINGSFONDS VOOR DEPOSITO'S EN FINANCIELE INSTRUMENTEN · Brussel · since 1998
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Full-service restaurants · Boechout · since 2013
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Other business support services · Gavere · since 2013
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Abbreviation of FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DU FILM DE BRUXELLES · Brussel · since 2014
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Roofing work · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2021
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since 2009
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Andere vormen van creatie van kunst · since 2025
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POMIGLIANO D' ARCO · since 2005
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Antwerpen · since 1994
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Abbreviation of Société Financière et Foncière · Antwerpen · since 1911