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.
“FLANDRA”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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General construction of residential buildings · Schaarbeek · since 2011
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Gent · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of WIKI · Full-service restaurants · Elsene · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of FLANDRIA - Tabak, sigaren en sigarettenfabriek · Vervaardiging van tabaksproducten · Kruisem · since 1971
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Brussel · since 1941
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Gent · since 1962
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Gent · since 1961
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Name of an establishment of REX-IMPORT-EXPORT · Full-service restaurants · Veurne · since 1988
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Event catering · since 1990
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Gent · since 1993
Names that resemble it 29 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Groothandel in zuivelproducten en eieren · Wervik · since 1982
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Brussel · since 2013
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Full-service restaurants · Kuurne · since 2018
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Kruisem · since 2019
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Activities of lawyers · Langemark-Poelkapelle · since 2021
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Beersel · since 2024
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Kontich · since 2025
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Wholesale of fruit and vegetables, excluding potatoes · Comines-Warneton · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of REDERIJ FLANDRIA · Personenvervoer over binnenwateren · Antwerpen · since 2017
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General construction of residential buildings · Middelkerke · since 2020
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Retail sale of bicycles · Asse · since 2023
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Cafés and bars · Liège · since 2015
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Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · since 2023
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2014
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Groothertogdom Flandrensis · Langemark-Poelkapelle · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2008
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Groothandel in fietsen · Herzele · since 1988
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Anderlecht · since 2023
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Sports and recreation education · since 2015
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since 2024
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Verhuur en lease van tenten · Rumst · since 1992
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Antwerpen · since 1997
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Renting and leasing of other personal and household goods · Lo-Reninge · since 2015
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Real estate agency activities · since 2011
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Specialist medical practice · since 1999
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since 1982
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Specialist medical practice · Brugge · since 2024
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Rotselaar · since 2025