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.
“FINPA”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2018
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Brussel · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Aiseau-Presles · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Financière et caisse d'Epargne-Financiële en Spaarkas · Brussel · since 1969
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Gent · since 1984
Names that resemble it 29 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Brussel · since 2017
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Brussel · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2000
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Activities of holding companies · Brussel · since 2017
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Brussel · since 2019
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Brussel · since 2020
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Brussel · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of AXIS GROUP · Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2005
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Brussel · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Herenthout · since 2016
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Brussel · since 2018
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Brussel · since 2021
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Brussel · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Kortrijk · since 2015
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Other tax advisory services · Hasselt · since 2024
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Abbreviation of Federale Overheidsdienst Financiën · Federale overheid · Schaarbeek · since 1968
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Brussel · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Schilde · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of HYDRO-CONSULT · Other technical testing and analysis · Ninove · since 1996
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Agents and brokers in banking services · Erpe-Mere · since 2013
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Agents and brokers in banking services · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 2014
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Other business support services · Gent · since 2016
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Insurance agents and brokers · Wervik · since 2016
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Londerzeel · since 2023
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Abbreviation of ASSOCIATION DES PAPETERIES FINLANDAISES · HELSINKI 00101 · since 1987
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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2024
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Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2012
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Abbreviation of InPatrimonia · Development of residential building projects · Chaudfontaine · since 2020
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Retail sale of electrical household appliances · Antwerpen · since 2007