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Name check

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.

“FMDV”

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

1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.

  • FMDV same name
    Activities of lawyers · Lierde · since 2025
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • F.M.D. similar
    Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 1994
  • FMD similar
    Retail sale of bicycles · Peer · since 2000
  • FMD similar
    Abbreviation of FORMATION EN MARKETING DIGITAL · Business and other management consultancy · Overijse · since 2014
  • Demolition · since 2023
  • FMDO VZW similar
    Abbreviation of Federatie Mondiale Democratische Organisaties · Other membership organisations · Brussel · since 1995
  • FMDA similar
    Abbreviation of Fédération Mondiale de la Danse Africaine · Liège · since 1999
  • FMDS similar
    Vocational training · Asse · since 2022
  • F M D C similar
    Demolition · Anderlecht · since 2003
  • NFM DV similar
    Other business support services · Geraardsbergen · since 2024

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