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Name check

Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“FILCOO”

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

4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • FILCOO same name
    Activities of holding companies · Aalst · since 2008
  • FILCO (sole trader) very similar
    Other business support services · since 2023
  • FILCOS very similar
    since 2019
  • FILCO very similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Oudenaarde · since 1987
Names that resemble it 7 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • Hairdressing and barber services · since 1997
  • Other specialised construction activities · since 2018
  • FILCOPEL similar
    Antwerpen · since 1983
  • FILCA similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Zaventem · since 2018
  • Fil comedy similar
    La Louvière · since 2024
  • FILLCO similar
    Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 1998
  • FILCAH similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Wevelgem · since 2016

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