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.
“FRANCISCUS”
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
57 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Veterinary services · Brakel · since 2026
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Full-service restaurants · since 1991
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since 1996
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General cleaning of buildings · since 2025
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Antwerpen · since 2015
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since 1996
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Nieuwerkerken (Limb.) · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of Sint-Franciscusziekenhuis · Activiteiten van algemene ziekenhuizen, muv geriatrische en gespecialiseerde ziekenhuizen · Heusden-Zolder · since 1999
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Mixed farming · since 2014
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since 1983
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Mixed farming · since 1983
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since 2005
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2024
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Physiotherapy · since 1978
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since 1977
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Other building finishing work · since 2004
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Detailhandel in vis en schaal- en weekdieren · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2016
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Joinery installation · since 2010
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Activities of building architects · since 2013
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Other business support services · since 2014
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since 1996
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since 1994
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Urban planning and landscape architecture · since 2018
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since 1988
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Raising of sheep and goats · since 1996
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since 1986
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Literary creation · since 2022
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · since 2022
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Logistics services · since 2012
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since 1973
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since 1970
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Retail sale of antiques · since 2004
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Other publishing activities, excluding software publishing · since 2012
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since 1983
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since 1989
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since 2000
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since 2016
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since 2018
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Mixed farming · since 1971
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since 1999
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Painting of buildings · since 2002
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since 1993
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · since 2023
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since 1995
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Materials recovery from waste · since 2014
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since 1965
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since 1974
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since 1981
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2017
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Pig breeding farms · since 2006
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since 1969
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since 1995
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other business support services · Wortegem-Petegem · since 2018
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1980
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Oud-Heverlee · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of FRANCIS FIJNSCHILDERS · Painting of buildings · Beerse · since 2006
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Computer programming · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Nivelles · since 2026
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Tyre services · since 2014
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Landscape service activities · since 2019
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2019
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Full-service restaurants · Zwalm · since 2004
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Vermogensbeheer · Wortegem-Petegem · since 2024
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Office administrative and support services · since 2007
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Antwerpen · since 1990