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.
“FINANTEL”
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.
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Activities of holding companies · Tournai · since 2006
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Abbreviation of Finance et Entreprises · Development of residential building projects · Charleroi · since 1960
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Berlaar · since 2004
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Abbreviation of VRIENDENKRING GEPENSIONEERDEN F.O.D. FINANCIEN ANTWERPEN · Antwerpen · since 2006
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of PROMEA · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Gent · since 1994
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Agents and brokers in banking services · Ans · since 2003
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Business and other management consultancy · Deinze · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Staden · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of Plan A · Business and other management consultancy · Alken · since 2010
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Péruwelz · since 1968
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Abbreviation of FINANCE VERTE · Grâce-Hollogne · since 2014
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Activities of holding companies · Spiere-Helkijn · since 2017
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Activities of holding companies · Peer · since 2017
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Steenokkerzeel · since 2019
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Other business support services · Ukkel · since 2021
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Other business support services · Genk · since 2021
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Oudenaarde · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Mechelen · since 2023
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Retie · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Nieuwpoort · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of DIRK VAN DEN BOSSCHE · Retail sale of automotive fuel · Merelbeke-Melle · since 1999
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 1988
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · since 1977
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Groothandel in aanhangwagens, opleggers en caravans · since 1977
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 1995
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Tournai · since 1957
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Abbreviation of Financiële Analyse en Consulting · Brugge · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of FINA 2025 · Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2018