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.
“FOR-HAN”
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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Boechout · since 2018
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Site preparation · since 2024
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Other sports activities · Hasselt · since 2022
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Wavre · since 2009
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Wholesale of timber · Knokke-Heist · since 1986
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Hairdressing and barber services · Gent · since 2003
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Development of non-residential building projects · Lo-Reninge · since 2003
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · Eghezée · since 2011
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2012
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Business and other management consultancy · Laarne · since 2005
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Name of an establishment of TAILOR & FOSTER · Development of residential building projects · Elsene · since 1995
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Abbreviation of FLANDERS OFFSHORE RACING · Reparatie en onderhoud van civiele schepen · Brugge · since 2006
Names that resemble it 4 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Jacht, zetten van vallen en diensten in verband met deze activiteiten · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2013
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since 1993
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Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 1994
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Activiteiten van industriële designers · Anderlues · since 2017