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.
“Fare”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of Formations et Accompagnement pour le Recherche d' Emploi · Waterloo · since 1982
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Abbreviation of Festival des Arts de Rue d'Ecaussinnes · Other membership organisations · Ecaussinnes · since 2014
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Gent · since 2020
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Edegem · since 2023
Names that resemble it 48 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Fonds des Affections Respiratoires · Other social work without accommodation · Brussel · since 1981
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Brussel · since 1997
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 1999
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Den Dolder · since 1938
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Retail sale of lighting equipment · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 2021
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Agents in the wholesale of furniture, household goods and hardware · Lochristi · since 2022
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Brussel · since 2006
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Activities of building architects · Vorst · since 2025
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Abbreviation of FORM'ACTION ANDRE RENARD · Vocational training · Liège · since 1963
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Abbreviation of FABRICATION ARDENNAISE RAUSIN · Activiteiten van slachthuizen · Durbuy · since 1977
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Abbreviation of Foncière et agricole de Roly · Mixed farming · Izegem · since 1979
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Detailhandel in baby- en kinderbovenkleding · Tournai · since 1991
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Vrachtbehandeling in zeehavens · Lievegem · since 2014
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2019
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General construction of residential buildings · Dilbeek · since 2020
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Nursing and midwifery · Mouscron · since 2021
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Vermogensbeheer · Schilde · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Sprimont · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 2009
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Aalst · since 2005
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Site preparation · Thuin · since 2007
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Niklaas · since 2008
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Nursing and midwifery · Boussu · since 2025
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1991
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2026
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Vilvoorde · since 1983
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Groothandel in reinigingsmiddelen · Antwerpen · since 1988
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Other social work without accommodation · Leuven · since 1990
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Vorst · since 1991
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Knokke-Heist · since 1992
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Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 2013
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Other construction installation · since 1991
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Hairdressing and barber services · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2015
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Gent · since 2018
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Oostkamp · since 2021
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Vermogensbeheer · Ninove · since 2022
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Handelsbemiddeling in de groothandel in landbouwgrondstoffen, levende dieren en textielgrondstoffen en halffabricaten · Lo-Reninge · since 2022
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Abbreviation of FORUM D'ACTIONS ET DE REFLEXIONS POUR L'AFRIQUE · Etterbeek · since 2010
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Sports and recreation education · since 2010
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Gent · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2023
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Abbreviation of Fine Art Restoration Mechelen · Other specialised construction activities · Mechelen · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Fashion Art Revolution Society · Tielt-Winge · since 2025
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Awans · since 2025
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · since 2023
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Development of residential building projects · Temse · since 2017
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Name of an establishment · Buying and selling of own real estate · since 2011