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.
“FRANKD”
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
21 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2018
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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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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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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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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
Names that resemble it 35 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Bewerken van metaal en poedermetallurgie · Evergem · since 2004
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Zele · since 1988
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Overige plantenvermeerdering · Ronse · since 1988
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Joinery installation · Hechtel-Eksel · since 1990
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Mechelen · since 1993
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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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Retail sale of wines and spirits · Izegem · since 1999
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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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Retail sale of bicycles · since 2015
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Plumbing work · Kalmthout · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Mol · since 2016
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Repair and maintenance of electrical equipment · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Beerse · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of Change & Strategic Project Managment · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Saint-Ghislain · since 2021
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Physiotherapy · Edegem · since 2022
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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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Plastering work · Menen · since 2005
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Vorst · since 2024
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Landscape service activities · Brecht · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Niel · since 2025
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Repair and maintenance of electrical equipment · since 2015
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · since 1999
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Verhuur en exploitatie van terreinen · since 2021
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Advertising agencies · since 2022
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 2023
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Activities of head offices · Zwevegem · since 2023
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Activities of building architects · since 2023
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Name of an establishment · Public relations and communication consultancy · Knokke-Heist · since 2004
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Activiteiten op het gebied van osteopathie · Zottegem · since 2004
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General construction of residential buildings · Honnelles · since 2003
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Antwerpen · since 2013