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.
“FROMM”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of machine tools · Tournai · since 1990
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Overijse · since 2022
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Event catering · Brasschaat · since 2024
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Advertising agencies · Jette · since 1999
Names that resemble it 20 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Bastogne · since 1998
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2025
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2021
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Groothandel in zuivelproducten en eieren · Tubize · since 1984
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Other business support services · Destelbergen · since 2014
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Support activities for animal production · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Fonds voor Research in Oftalmologie · Edegem · since 1996
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Other financial services · Kruisem · since 2020
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Activities of holding companies · Jabbeke · since 2005
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Berlaar · since 1989
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Abbreviation of FROMAGERIE BIOLOGIQUE DE VIELSALM · Vervaardiging van zuivelproducten · Vielsalm · since 1993
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2013
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Repair and maintenance of computers and communication equipment · Aalter · since 2015
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Activities of holding companies · Namur · since 2017
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 1989
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Removal services · Oudergem · since 2023
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2011
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Other business support services · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2016
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Uitgeven van computerspellen · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of FORM MANAGEMENT · Agents and managers of artists, athletes and other public figures · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2015