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.
“FRANCOM”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Public relations and communication consultancy · La Hulpe · since 2007
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Nutrition and dietetics services · Alken · since 1997
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Warehousing and storage · since 2021
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 1986
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Event catering · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1991
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Lokeren · since 1999
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Duffel · since 2000
Names that resemble it 55 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2008
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Households as employers of domestic personnel · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of FPTC · Other non-specialised retail sale · Bekkevoort · since 2009
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Courcelles · since 1979
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Anderlecht · since 1991
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Evere · since 1994
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Activities of lawyers · Brussel · since 2002
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Name of an establishment of Le Franc'off · Full-service restaurants · Spa · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of FRANÇOIS NICOLAS · General construction of residential buildings · Mons · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Ukkel · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2021
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of FRANCOACH · Other information service activities · Gent · since 2011
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Operation of fairground attractions · since 2006
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Wholesale of other household goods · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 1996
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2025
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Abbreviation of FRANCK - SCHRIJNWERKERIJ · Joinery installation · Hove · since 1987
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Hannut · since 2001
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Name of an establishment of DI IENNO FRANCA ET STICCA ANGELA · Other retail sale of food · Herstal
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Tervuren · since 2015
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Vervaardiging van elektronische onderdelen · since 1993
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Joinery installation · Kapellen · since 2017
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Retail sale of electrical household appliances · since 2007
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Business and other management consultancy · since 1995
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Real estate agency activities · Ellezelles · since 2021
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Activities of lawyers · Les Bons Villers · since 2022
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General cleaning of buildings · Anderlues · since 2023
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Erpe-Mere · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · Zwalm · since 2004
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2005
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Roofing work · Hasselt · since 2005
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Comines-Warneton · since 2005
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General construction of residential buildings · Walcourt · since 2006
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Activities of holding companies · Hechtel-Eksel · since 2006
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Hasselt · since 2007
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Other information technology and computer services · Tournai · since 2007
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Bouw van plezier- en sportvaartuigen · since 2008
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Other education · since 2026
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Plumbing work · Kapelle-op-den-Bos · since 2026
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · since 2026
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Wholesale of live animals · Seraing · since 1989
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General medical practice · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2006
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PARIS · since 1991
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Vervaardiging van metalen deuren en vensters · Wervik · since 1989
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Name of an establishment · Freight transport by road · Brugge · since 2002
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2014
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1984
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General electrical installation work · since 2023
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since 1976
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PARIS · since 2011
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 2003
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2024
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2025
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Lier · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Etterbeek · since 1993