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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.

“FRANKEN”

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

45 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • FRANK & ELS (sole trader) similar
    Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1999
  • FRANK similar
    Vervaardiging van hang- en sluitwerk · Eupen · since 1987
  • FRANK similar
    Name of an establishment of HEIRBAUT-VAN DYCK · Retail sale of bicycles · Dendermonde · since 1997
  • FRANK (sole trader) similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · since 1985
  • Frank similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Lommel · since 2013
  • Frank (sole trader) similar
    Activities of building architects · since 2019
  • Frank similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Brasschaat · since 2023
  • Frank (sole trader) similar
    Full-service restaurants · since 2023
  • Frank similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Ninove · since 2012
  • Frankenglas similar
    Name of an establishment of SAINT-GOBAIN INNOVATIVE MATERIALS BELGIUM · Vervaardiging van vlakglas · Wavre · since 1889
  • FRANKY similar
    Name of an establishment · Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Wortegem-Petegem · since 1977
  • FRANKK similar
    Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Mechelen · since 1995
  • Frank Soen similar
    Full-service restaurants · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2021
  • FRANKY similar
    Name of an establishment of HV MANAGEMENT · Buying and selling of own real estate · Silly · since 2010
  • Frank J. Ven similar
    Groothandel in machines voor de mijnbouw, de bouwnijverheid en de weg- en waterbouw · Kapellen · since 2004
  • FRANKY similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Cafés and bars · since 1987
  • FrankQ similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Ieper · since 2022

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