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Compared with the KBO register · free

Type the name you want to use. You see at once whether an active company already has the same or a similar name, and whether it works in your sector.

“FVR”

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.

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Same or very similar names

5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • FVR same name
    Activities of holding companies · Oostkamp · since 2014
  • FVR same name
    Activiteiten van gemengde verzekeringsondernemingen, overwegend niet-leven · Schaarbeek · since 2016
  • Sole trader same name
    Retail sale of lighting equipment · since 2017
  • FvR same name
    Abbreviation of FOTOVRIENDEN RIJKEVORSEL · Rijkevorsel · since 2006
  • Sole trader same name
    Vervaardiging van verlichtingsapparaten · since 2007
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • FV similar
    Abbreviation of Familiekunde Vlaanderen · Other personal services · Antwerpen · since 1965
  • F.V. similar
    Activities of head offices · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1986
  • F.V. similar
    Abbreviation of FIDUCIAIRE VERBRUGGE · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Châtelet · since 1991
  • FV similar
    Abbreviation of FILIP VANDEPLASSCHE · Menen · since 2000
  • F.V. similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Harelbeke · since 2001
  • F V similar
    Abbreviation of Festi'Voroux · Juprelle · since 2015
  • FV similar
    Abbreviation of FLYING VISION · Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Antwerpen · since 2018
  • FV similar
    Abbreviation of Futuro Verde · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2019
  • F.V. similar
    Abbreviation of Frisbee.Vlaanderen · Activities of other sports clubs · Gent · since 2008
  • F.V. similar
    Putte · since 2005
  • F.V similar
    Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Antwerpen · since 2025

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. A name can be free in the register and still be protected as a trademark. Trademarks are searched in the 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.

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