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.
“FRANES”
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
15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Specialist medical practice · Gent · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Oupeye · since 2022
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Deerlijk · since 1988
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Manufacture of jewellery · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Durbuy · since 1991
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · since 2015
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Vermogensbeheer · Schilde · since 2010
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Compositie van muziek · Waregem · since 2025
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Oudenburg · since 1990
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Freight transport by road · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2018
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General electrical installation work · Beringen · since 2022
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Kampenhout · since 1985
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Visual arts creation · Elsene · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Bouillon · since 2011
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Literary creation · since 2012
Names that resemble it 40 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of SCJ Vanescote · Full-service restaurants · Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes · since 2024
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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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Ukkel · since 2000
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Other business support services · Roeselare · since 2018
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Wuustwezel · since 2020
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Physiotherapy · Edegem · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Niel · since 2025
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Computer programming · since 2026
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2017
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Activities of head offices · Waregem · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2024
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General construction of residential buildings · Jalhay · since 2026
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Schoten · since 1984
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Manufacture of cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery · Blégny · since 1986
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Vervaardiging van hang- en sluitwerk · Eupen · since 1987
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Abbreviation of Groupement des Fabricants et Représantants des Adjuvants en Nutrition Animale · Activities of professional membership organisations · Brussel · since 1990
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Name of an establishment of HEIRBAUT-VAN DYCK · Retail sale of bicycles · Dendermonde · since 1997
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Gent · since 2000
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Retail sale of other household articles · since 2017
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Real estate appraisal on a fee or contract basis · Lobbes · since 2018
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Full-service restaurants · Gistel · since 2018
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1985
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Vermogensbeheer · Lommel · since 2013
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Wevelgem · since 2015
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Activities of building architects · since 2019
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Brasschaat · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Izegem · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Ninove · since 2012
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Business and other management consultancy · Tournai · since 2024
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Gent · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of BORN2BE · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes · since 2026
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2017
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · since 2025
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Name of an establishment · Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Wortegem-Petegem · since 1977
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Activities of holding companies · Lievegem · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of FrankQ · Vervaardiging van kantoor- en winkelmeubelen · Ieper · since 2022