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.
“FOTIMEX”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Antwerpen · since 1997
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Abbreviation of MAISON TIHON-FENENDAEL-VAN MELLE · Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Fexhe-le-Haut-Clocher · since 1983
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Elsene · since 1992
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2026
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since 1979
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Fotim, Fotoprodukten · Pre-press and pre-media services · Antwerpen · since 1978
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Other construction installation · Ath · since 1998
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Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1991
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Business and other management consultancy · Temse · since 1992
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Wielsbeke · since 2018
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 1992
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General electrical installation work · since 2011
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Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · Ukkel · since 2007
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Ronse · since 2008
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Genappe · since 1989
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Orp-Jauche · since 1991
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Zonhoven · since 1996
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Abbreviation of TEAMWILL CONSULTING BENELUX · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Lochristi · since 2018
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Wholesale of live animals · since 1990
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Waterloo · since 1978
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Brugge · since 1992