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.
“FRT”
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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Abbreviation of FOX RACING TEAM · Gingelom · since 1988
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2014
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Full-service restaurants · since 2022
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Abbreviation of FREESWERKEN RONNY THEUWS · Vervaardiging van ijzer en staal en van ferrolegeringen · Lommel · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Future Race Technicians · Other education · Lede · since 2024
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Wholesale of other food products · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2015
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Abbreviation of First Respond Team · Patiëntenvervoer per ambulance · Heusden-Zolder · since 2022
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Site preparation · since 2017
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1990
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Abbreviation of FERNAND RUTTEN · Buying and selling of own real estate · Schilde · since 2002
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Abbreviation of AKQA Brussels PR · Advertising agencies · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2014
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Etterbeek · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Flash Raccoon · Pre-press and pre-media services · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2017
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Abbreviation of FREE · Kortrijk · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Fertile Relations · Verenigingen en bewegingen voor volwassenen · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Abbreviation of FRAME · Literary creation · Hoegaarden · since 2021
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Gent · since 2007
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Verviers · since 2008
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Cafés and bars · Liège · since 2021