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.
“FOG”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Wavre · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Fiscalité Organisation Gestion · Charleroi · since 1982
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Computer programming · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Fonds voor de Vorming in de Grafische Industrie - Fonds pour la Formation des Industries graphiques · Elsene · since 1990
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Name of an establishment of CBB · Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2002
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Etterbeek · since 2013
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Dilbeek · since 2023
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Abbreviation of FORMATION, GESTION, EXPERTISE · Business and other management consultancy · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2005
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Specialist medical practice · Seraing · since 2024
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Liège · since 2024
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Employment placement agencies · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of WILCO · Retail sale of women's outerwear · Knokke-Heist · since 1988