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.
“Fami-Home”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Algemeen welzijnswerk met huisvesting · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1993
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Ukkel · since 1997
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Name of an establishment of FAFA · Retail sale of footwear · Gavere · since 2001
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Name of an establishment of Burgerlijke Maatschap FaMi · Vermogensbeheer · Oud-Turnhout · since 2014
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Cafés and bars · Anderlecht · since 2024
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of VIDEO VDK · Handelsbemiddeling in de groothandel in brandstoffen, ertsen, metalen en chemische producten · Vorst · since 2002
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Interior design · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Vilvoorde · since 1986
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Other tax advisory services · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1990
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Hairdressing and barber services · Mol · since 2013
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2011
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Full-service restaurants · since 2010
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Liège · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Fleet & Mobility Excellence · Business and other management consultancy · Meise · since 2023
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Trade name of POPLIMONT · Real estate agency activities · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1987
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Real estate agency activities · Saint-Ghislain · since 2012
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Retail sale of household furniture · Seraing · since 2023
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Liège · since 1999