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.
“FRUBO”
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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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Sint-Truiden · since 1979
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Machining of metals · Aarschot · since 1995
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Dendermonde · since 1995
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Vosselaar · since 1997
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Real estate agency activities · Schilde · since 1997
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Development of residential building projects · Aalst · since 2019
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Bricklaying and masonry work · since 2009
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Alken · since 2005
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Fraternité-Ubuntu · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2021
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Wholesale of fruit and vegetables, excluding potatoes · Soumagne · since 2005
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Activities of interior architects · La Hulpe · since 2021
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Niet-gespecialiseerde groothandel in diepgevroren voedingsmiddelen · Wevelgem · since 2019
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Insulation installation · Hamont-Achel · since 1987
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Rust- en verzorgingstehuizen (RVT) · Schoten · since 2015
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General construction of residential buildings · Brugge · since 2022
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Growing of pome and stone fruits · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2026
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · since 1972