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.
“FOTS”
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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Abbreviation of FRIENDS OF THE SWEED · Oostende · since 2005
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Hemiksem · since 2024
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of FUNONTRACK · Renting and leasing of sports and recreation goods · Overijse · since 2025
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Maasmechelen · since 2018
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Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Fool on the Hill · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Kapellen · since 2012
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Other education · Sint-Lievens-Houtem · since 2018
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since 2018
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Other tax advisory services · since 2025
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Retail sale of prescription glasses, lenses and sunglasses · since 2025
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Fields Of Troy · Exploitatie van culturele centra en multifunctionele zalen ten behoeve van culturele activiteiten · Torhout · since 2016