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.
“FRANCSON”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Nandrin · since 2021
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Vervaardiging van veevoeders · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2004
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Duffel · since 2000
Names that resemble it 42 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of FRANCK - SCHRIJNWERKERIJ · Joinery installation · Hove · since 1987
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Nutrition and dietetics services · Alken · since 1997
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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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Joinery installation · Kapellen · since 2017
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Real estate agency activities · Ellezelles · since 2021
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Warehousing and storage · since 2021
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Activities of lawyers · Les Bons Villers · since 2022
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Erpe-Mere · since 2023
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 1986
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Full-service restaurants · Zwalm · since 2004
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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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Event catering · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Plumbing work · Kapelle-op-den-Bos · since 2026
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Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1991
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Full-service restaurants · Durbuy · since 1991
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2026
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Kortenaken · since 2014
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2012
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Other business support services · Wortegem-Petegem · since 2018
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Fléron · since 2018
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1980
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Vermogensbeheer · Elsene · since 2011
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Vermogensbeheer · Schilde · since 2010
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Manufacture of imitation jewellery and related articles · since 2020
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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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Public relations and communication consultancy · La Hulpe · since 2007
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Vervaardiging van holglas · since 2024
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Compositie van muziek · Waregem · since 2025
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Raising of other cattle and buffaloes · since 2017
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Zele · since 1988
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Mechelen · since 1993
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · Izegem · since 1999
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2024
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Physiotherapy · Edegem · since 2022
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Physiotherapy · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Niel · since 2025
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Lokeren · since 1999
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Antwerpen · since 1990
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Proefboren en boren · Hemiksem · since 2011
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1993