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.
“FRENAT”
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
15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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since 2009
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Cafés and bars · Wemmel · since 2015
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Retail sale of other sporting goods · since 2022
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Freight transport by road · Wuustwezel · since 2025
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Sint-Truiden · since 1983
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Schaarbeek · since 1991
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Manufacture of jewellery · Elsene · since 2019
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Overige activiteiten van geldscheppende financiële instellingen · Dilbeek · since 2021
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Grenat Invest · Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 2023
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Raising of horses and other equines · Hasselt · since 2012
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2004
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Full-service restaurants · Ukkel · since 2005
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · Brugge · since 2005
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Office administrative and support services · Oostende · since 2025
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Namur · since 2016
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 1997
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Name of an establishment of TRYUS · Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 1986
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Groothandel in ijzerwaren · Sankt Vith · since 2001
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Wervik · since 2018
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2025
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Cafés and bars · Leuze-en-Hainaut · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Putte · since 2002
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Other specialised construction activities · Braine-le-Comte · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of AY-BIMS · Plumbing work · Ronse · since 2020
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Veurne · since 2021
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Raising of other cattle and buffaloes · Laarne · since 2012
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since 2006
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Sankt Vith · since 1977