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Name check

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.

“FREECAT”

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

3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • FREECAT same name
    General construction of residential buildings · Moorslede · since 1997
  • FRECAT very similar
    Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · Brugge · since 2005
  • FREECAP very similar
    Insurance agents and brokers · Warszawa · since 2025
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • FreeCo similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Leuven · since 2015
  • Advertising agencies · since 2016
  • FREECASTER similar
    Advertising agencies · Namur · since 1999
  • Free similar
    Kortrijk · since 1988
  • F.R.E.E. similar
    Abbreviation of Formation Recherches Etudes Edition · Elsene · since 1989
  • FREE SA similar
    Troisvierges · since 2014
  • FREE similar
    Kortrijk · since 2018
  • Free similar
    Hechtel-Eksel · since 2019
  • Repair and maintenance of fabricated metal products · since 2019
  • FREE similar
    Abbreviation of Feminist Revolution for Education at Equity · Libramont-Chevigny · since 2019
  • FRECAMAT similar
    Winning van sier- en bouwsteen · Bastogne · since 1994
  • Free Meat similar
    Izegem · since 1995
  • Vervaardiging van machines en apparaten voor klimaatregeling, voor niet-huishoudelijk gebruik · since 2008
  • FRECA similar
    Duffel · since 1990
  • FRECA similar
    Development of residential building projects · Berlare · since 1998
  • FREE-D similar
    Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Brugge · since 2014
  • Wholesale of other household goods · since 1991
  • FREEX BV similar
    SLUIS · since 2021
  • FREEE similar
    Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Brussel · since 2022
  • FREEB similar
    Groothandel in lederwaren en reisartikelen · Erpe-Mere · since 2011
  • Joinery installation · since 2023
  • Cultural education · since 2024
  • Free similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Wielsbeke · since 1973

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