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Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“FREDEC”

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.

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  • 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

18 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • FREDEC same name
    Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Wetteren · since 2009
  • Frede (sole trader) very similar
    Psychology services · since 2022
  • General electrical installation work · since 2013
  • General electrical installation work · since 2013
  • General electrical installation work · since 2017
  • General electrical installation work · since 2021
  • FREDECON very similar
    Activities of holding companies · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2021
  • Painting of buildings · since 2010
  • General electrical installation work · since 2005
  • FREDEX very similar
    Name of an establishment of MILVUS AIR · Travel agency activities · Keerbergen · since 2014
  • Other building finishing work · since 1995
  • FREDEN very similar
    Other business support services · Izegem · since 2023
  • Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · since 2019
  • Fedec (sole trader) very similar
    Web portal activities · since 2019
  • FEDEC very similar
    Graphic design and visual communication · Etterbeek · since 2022
  • FREDC° very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2008
  • FIEDEC very similar
    Aalst · since 1997
  • FRELEC very similar
    General electrical installation work · Anzegem · since 2018
Names that resemble it 44 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • FRED similar
    Abbreviation of FORESCO REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT · Development of residential building projects · Brasschaat · since 1968
  • FRED similar
    Groothandel in vlees van wild en van gevogelte · Knokke-Heist · since 1989
  • Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2019
  • Business and other management consultancy · since 1993
  • FRED similar
    Advertising agencies · Kampenhout · since 2022
  • FREDESA similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2022
  • Advertising agencies · since 2021
  • F.R.E.D. similar
    Abbreviation of Flanders' Real Estate Development · Development of residential building projects · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2011
  • FREDEAL similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Vleteren · since 2026
  • FREDERIC similar
    Wavre · since 1968
  • FREDENCO similar
    Kortrijk · since 1990
  • Activiteiten van industriële designers · since 2017
  • Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1987
  • FREDERIK similar
    Tielt · since 2018
  • FREDELLA similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Ravels · since 2010
  • FREDERIX similar
    since 2011
  • Other retail sale of new goods · since 2006
  • FRED-DECO similar
    Other specialised construction activities · Rebecq · since 2007
  • FREDO similar
    Detailhandel in tabaksproducten · Waregem · since 2002
  • Other information technology and computer services · since 2003
  • Event catering · since 2016
  • FREDT similar
    Name of an establishment of Vaname · Full-service restaurants · Nieuwpoort · since 2015
  • Freda similar
    Manufacture of cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery · Wingene · since 2019
  • Joinery installation · since 2020
  • FRED-O similar
    Public relations and communication consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2011
  • Full-service restaurants · since 2008
  • FREDS similar
    Full-service restaurants · Sint-Laureins · since 2025
  • Landscape service activities · since 2026
  • FREDERICO similar
    Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Antwerpen · since 1968
  • FREDERIC'S similar
    Freight transport by road · Waimes · since 1992
  • Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1998
  • Other building finishing work · since 2011
  • Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2017
  • Frederikx similar
    General electrical installation work · Evergem · since 2010
  • FREDOL similar
    Activities of independent sportspeople · Olen · since 1988
  • FREDAN similar
    Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Vilvoorde · since 1995
  • Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 1996
  • FREDAU similar
    Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2004
  • Hairdressing and barber services · since 2005
  • FREDOL similar
    Activities of building architects · Zonhoven · since 2006
  • Fredau similar
    Roeselare · since 2025
  • F.R.E.D. similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Name of an establishment of Fred & Ginger Retail Belgium · Detailhandel in baby- en kinderbovenkleding · Mechelen · since 2014
  • Fred (sole trader) similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Other building finishing work · since 2020
  • FREDT similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Tervuren · since 1989

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