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.
“Famber”
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
20 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of holding companies · Wielsbeke · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Ukkel · since 1989
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Name of an establishment · Integrale jeugdhulp zonder huisvesting · Bierbeek · since 1983
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Kalmthout · since 1991
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Painting of buildings · Haacht · since 1998
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Full-service restaurants · Hooglede · since 2014
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 2016
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Retail sale of cosmetics and toilet articles · since 1983
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Antwerpen · since 2013
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 1996
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Abbreviation of ArcelorMittal Belgium Recycling · Groothandel in ijzer- en staalschroot en in oude non-ferrometalen · Gent · since 2022
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · Zulte · since 2023
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Antwerpen · since 2011
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2005
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2024
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Other building finishing work · Anderlecht · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Wevelgem · since 2006
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2024
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Cafés and bars · Gent · since 2006
Names that resemble it 6 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Fraternité Algérienne de Mons en Belgique · Saint-Ghislain · since 2025
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since 2024
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Sports and recreation education · since 2024
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Development of residential building projects · Beerse · since 2020
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2020
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Vermogensbeheer · Wuustwezel · since 2021