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.
“FROWA”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Koksijde · since 2013
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Abbreviation of PROFESSIONAL WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION (BELGIUM) · Oostkamp · since 1994
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Business and other management consultancy · Roeselare · since 1996
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Construction of roads and motorways · since 2017
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Trade name of Agro eco · Construction of roads and motorways · Wuustwezel · since 2018
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Vervaardiging van aanhangwagens, opleggers en caravans · Sint-Niklaas · since 2009
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Groothandel in zuivelproducten en eieren · Kortenberg · since 2012
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Landscape service activities · Beauvechain · since 2024
Names that resemble it 8 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Production of cinema films · Verlaine · since 2017
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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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Eeklo · since 1977
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Boom · since 1996
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Growing of pome and stone fruits · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2007
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Keerbergen · since 1996