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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.

“FREI”

An active company already has this name

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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

2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • FREI same name
    Activities of holding companies · Heusden-Zolder · since 2023
  • FREI same name
    Abbreviation of FLANDERS REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT · Real estate agency activities · Zaventem · since 2010
Names that resemble it 41 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • FREIE similar
    Abbreviation of FREIE KRANKENKASSE · Ziekenfondsen en zorgkassen · Büllingen · since 1980
  • Freis similar
    Leuven · since 1982
  • FREIN similar
    Cafés and bars · Aalst · since 2022
  • FRE similar
    Abbreviation of FORWARD REAL ESTATE · Real estate agency activities · Oupeye · since 2016
  • FRE similar
    Abbreviation of FIERS REAL ESTATE · Other specialised construction activities · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2009
  • Landscape service activities · since 2010
  • FRE similar
    Activities of building architects · Kortrijk · since 2024
  • Freinet similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Roeselare · since 2010
  • FREITAS similar
    Dilbeek · since 2021
  • FREINEL similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Pelt · since 2026
  • FRED similar
    Abbreviation of FORESCO REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT · Development of residential building projects · Brasschaat · since 1968
  • FRER similar
    Full-service restaurants · Jette · since 1987
  • Free similar
    Kortrijk · since 1988
  • FRED similar
    Groothandel in vlees van wild en van gevogelte · Knokke-Heist · since 1989
  • F.R.E.E. similar
    Abbreviation of Formation Recherches Etudes Edition · Elsene · since 1989
  • Frey similar
    Gent · since 1995
  • FREM similar
    Full-service restaurants · Kapellen · since 1997
  • FREG similar
    Abbreviation of FOSCHI Romain - Entreprise Générale · General construction of residential buildings · Couvin · since 2014
  • FRET similar
    Event catering · since 2016
  • FREE similar
    Kortrijk · since 2018
  • Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2019
  • FRES similar
    Vermogensbeheer · Maaseik · since 2019
  • 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
  • FREM similar
    Other construction installation · Kortenaken · since 2020
  • FREM similar
    Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Ieper · since 2021
  • FREG similar
    Vervaardiging van metalen deuren en vensters · Liège · since 2022
  • Business and other management consultancy · since 1993
  • FRED similar
    Advertising agencies · Kampenhout · since 2022
  • FREA similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Genk · since 2023
  • FRES similar
    Activities of holding companies · Kalmthout · since 2008
  • Advertising agencies · since 2019
  • Advertising agencies · since 2021
  • F.R.E.D. similar
    Abbreviation of Flanders' Real Estate Development · Development of residential building projects · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2011
  • Advertising agencies · since 2024
  • General electrical installation work · since 2026
  • FREIRAUM similar
    Landscape service activities · Eupen · since 2015
  • Free similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Wielsbeke · since 1973
  • 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

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