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.
“Fado”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Damme · since 1998
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Business and other management consultancy · Dilbeek · since 2020
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Other business support services · Laakdal · since 2026
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Abbreviation of FLEMISH AID AND DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATION · Gent · since 1973
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Mons · since 2025
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Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1976
Names that resemble it 24 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Full-service restaurants · Gistel · since 1995
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · since 1989
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Vermogensbeheer · Hasselt · since 2005
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Joinery installation · Gistel · since 2020
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Kortrijk · since 2018
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Jette · since 2005
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Schilde · since 2007
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Plastering work · Oud-Turnhout · since 2024
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1986
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Other specialised construction activities · Gent · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Knokke-Heist · since 2011
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Pajottegem · since 1986
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Abbreviation of Fédération d'Associations pour la Diffusion de l'Information · Brussel · since 1987
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Other research and development on natural sciences · Gent · since 2014
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Cafés and bars · Saint-Nicolas · since 2016
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Juprelle · since 2019
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Computer programming · Brakel · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Chaudfontaine · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Fiscaal Adviesbureau De Smet · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Lierde · since 2009
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Abbreviation of FISCAAL ACCOUNTANT DIRK HEYMANS · Certified accountants and tax accountants · Zutendaal · since 2006
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Abbreviation of les francs archers des collines · Frasnes-lez-Anvaing · since 2023
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2023
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2026
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Rixensart · since 2011