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.
“FREPAT”
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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Raising of horses and other equines · Hasselt · since 2012
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Vervaardiging van gereedschap, muv vormkasten en gietvormen · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 1989
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Advertising agencies · Herk-de-Stad · since 2009
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2008
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Real estate agency activities · Schilde · since 2024
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Patiëntenvervoer per ambulance · since 2019
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Sint-Truiden · since 1983
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Schaarbeek · since 1991
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Removal services · since 2002
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Overige activiteiten van geldscheppende financiële instellingen · Dilbeek · since 2021
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2021
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2021
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since 2009
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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 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Roofing work · Ninove · since 2008
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Liège · since 2001
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General electrical installation work · since 2013
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Mixed farming · since 1984
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since 1978
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Paris II · since 1977
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Kinrooi · since 2016
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since 2009
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Comines-Warneton · since 1996