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.
“FOSEA”
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
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of games and toys · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 2006
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Abbreviation of FOOD SECURITY · Other business support services · Brussel · since 1994
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Retail sale of beverages, general range · Mettet · since 1999
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Activities of lawyers · since 2014
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Market research and public opinion polling · Kortrijk · since 2017
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Zonhoven · since 2022
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2009
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Abbreviation of FEDERATION NATIONALE DES SYNDICATS D'EXPLOITANTS AGRICOLES · Activities of professional membership organisations · PARIS · since 2010
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Activities of interior architects · Elsene · since 2007
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Activities of interior architects · Koksijde · since 2025
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Brussel · since 2026
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2020
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2020
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Donchery · since 1989
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Abbreviation of FOS OPEN SCOUTING · Youth work associations · Gent · since 1966
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Abbreviation of Fonds voor Ontwikkelingssamenwerking - Socialistische Solidariteit · Verenigingen op het vlak van ontwikkelingssamenwerking · Brussel · since 1986
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Etten-Leur · since 1988
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Abbreviation of Friends of Scouting · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Gent · since 1993
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Abbreviation of FIDUCIAL OFFICE SOLUTIONS · Groothandel in kantoor- en schoolbenodigdheden · Brussel · since 1998
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Brasschaat · since 2000
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Abbreviation of Koninklijke Toneelvereniging OSEA · Antwerpen · since 1985