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.
“FRANK”
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
38 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Vervaardiging van hang- en sluitwerk · Eupen · since 1987
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Name of an establishment of HEIRBAUT-VAN DYCK · Retail sale of bicycles · Dendermonde · since 1997
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Abbreviation · Menen · since 2017
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1985
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Vermogensbeheer · Lommel · since 2013
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Activities of building architects · since 2019
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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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GRONINGEN · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Ninove · since 2012
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Groothandel in sanitair · Haaltert · since 1961
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General construction of residential buildings · Flémalle · since 1968
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Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Wortegem-Petegem · since 1977
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Knokke-Heist · since 1991
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Mechelen · since 1995
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Gent · since 2013
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2018
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Insulation installation · Hove · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of HV MANAGEMENT · Buying and selling of own real estate · Silly · since 2010
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Oudenburg · since 1990
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Abbreviation of Groupement des Fabricants et Représantants des Adjuvants en Nutrition Animale · Brussel · since 1990
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Gent · since 2000
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Painting of buildings · since 1991
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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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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2002
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Wevelgem · since 2015
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · since 2019
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Izegem · since 2023
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Mixed farming · since 2009
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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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Abbreviation of Société d'Exploitation Hôtelière Franka · Elsene · since 1963
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Cafés and bars · since 1987
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Ieper · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Bouillon · since 2011
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Literary creation · since 2012
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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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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Roeselare · since 2018
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Physiotherapy · Edegem · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Niel · since 2025
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Overige plantenvermeerdering · Ronse · since 1988
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Joinery installation · Hechtel-Eksel · since 1990
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Name of an establishment of Franken.be · Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · Kluisbergen · since 1993
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Name of an establishment of ANNELIES BRAECKMAN · Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · De Haan · since 2001
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Eeklo · since 2002
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Plumbing work · Kalmthout · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Beerse · since 2020
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Literary creation · since 2025
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Name of CLEFRA · General construction of residential buildings · Bree · since 2011
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2011
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General electrical installation work · since 2004
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Vorst · since 2024
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Landscape service activities · Brecht · since 2024
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Trade name of BAYCROSS MANAGEMENT SERVICES · Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 1988
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Activities of bailiffs · Hasselt · since 2017
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Antwerpen · since 2013