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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.

“FIVABU”

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.

  • FIVABU same name
    Physiotherapy · Buggenhout · since 2023
  • NIVABU very similar
    General electrical installation work · Londerzeel · since 2023
  • FIVANU very similar
    Activities of holding companies · Lebbeke · since 2012
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • FIVA similar
    Abbreviation of Financieringsinstrument voor de Vlaamse visserij- en aquacultuursector · Brussel · since 1997
  • FIVAS similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Zoersel · since 1983
  • FIVAL similar
    Nieuwpoort · since 1983
  • FIVAC similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Antwerpen · since 1993
  • Fivay similar
    Activities of head offices · Antwerpen · since 2025
  • FIVALO similar
    General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Roeselare · since 1991
  • FIVACO similar
    Vervaardiging van farmaceutische grondstoffen · Anderlecht · since 1997
  • Reparatie en onderhoud van huishoudapparaten en van werktuigen voor gebruik in huis en tuin · since 2016
  • FIVARY similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Lochristi · since 2011
  • Fivaro B.V. similar
    Vught · since 2024

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