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.
“FINAWEST”
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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Agents and brokers in banking services · Ieper · since 2019
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Brugge · since 2001
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Insurance agents and brokers · Andenne · since 1997
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2013
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Namur · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Oudsbergen · since 2022
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · since 2023
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Mechelen · since 1995
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Activities of holding companies · Brugge · since 1985
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Office administrative and support services · Anderlecht · since 2002
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Business and other management consultancy · Waregem · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of NPCG · Other legal services · Schoten · since 2019
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Abbreviation of FERRIERE INVESTMENT · Genappe · since 2023
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Activities of head offices · Lendelede · since 2009
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · since 2024
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Willebroek · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of Vuylsteke · Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · Jabbeke · since 1990
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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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Antwerpen · since 1983
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Insurance agents and brokers · since 2011
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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