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.
“FRANKY”
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
43 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Wortegem-Petegem · since 1977
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Gent · since 2013
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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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Cafés and bars · since 1987
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General electrical installation work · since 2004
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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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since 1993
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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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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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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2018
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Insulation installation · Hove · since 2010
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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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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2026
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Joinery installation · Olen · since 2014
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Other business support services · since 2017
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Name of an establishment of BROMATH · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Oostende · since 2018
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2010
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General electrical installation work · since 1995
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Glaszetten · Antwerpen · since 2009
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2018
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of B & B HERPOEL · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Blankenberge · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of EMME services · Business and other management consultancy · Maaseik · since 2002
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Mixed farming · since 2014
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General cleaning of buildings · since 2015
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Detailhandel in verf en verfwaren · Berlare · since 2022
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since 2003
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Reproductie van opgenomen media · since 2004
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · since 2006
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Construction of roads and motorways · since 1994
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since 1992
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Abbreviation of Société d'Exploitation Hôtelière Franka · Elsene · since 1963
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Ieper · since 2022
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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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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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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Physiotherapy · Edegem · since 2022
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Joinery installation · since 2023
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Literary creation · since 2025
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General construction of residential buildings · Bree · since 2011
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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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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2025
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Antwerpen · since 2013