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.
“FRANKLIN”
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
28 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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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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Name of an establishment of BAHRIA · Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Activities of holding companies · Lokeren · since 2020
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Vorst · since 2018
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Landscape service activities · since 2023
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2016
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 1999
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General electrical installation work · Wavre · since 2019
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Plumbing work · since 2023
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Activities of head offices · Nijlen · since 2012
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2026
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Insurance agents and brokers · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of LA TOUR · Full-service restaurants · Virton · since 1988
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Activities of lawyers · Brugge · since 2018
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Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Brussel · since 1991
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Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2017
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2010
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Other education · Pajottegem · since 2010
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since 1994
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Paris · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of ZIKMAK · Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Vilvoorde · since 2023
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2006
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Other business support services · since 1997
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Other educational support services · since 2018
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Employment placement agencies · Harelbeke · since 2018
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Insulation installation · Maasmechelen · since 2013
Names that resemble it 25 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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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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Public relations and communication consultancy · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2011
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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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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Mechelen · since 2022
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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 · Ninove · since 2012
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Oud-Turnhout · since 2018
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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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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2002
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Gent · since 2013
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Name of an establishment · 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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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