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.
“Farys”
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
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Winning, behandeling en distributie van water · Gent · since 1923
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Name of an establishment of Creat · Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Gent · since 2014
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General construction of residential buildings · Grimbergen · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2007
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · since 1994
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Production of electricity from non-renewable sources · Gent · since 2007
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Abbreviation of Fonds des Affections Respiratoires · Other social work without accommodation · Brussel · since 1981
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 1991
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Name of an establishment · General electrical installation work · Alken · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 2021
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Gent · since 2022
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Hairdressing and barber services · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2015
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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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Vermogensbeheer · Schilde · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Tielt · since 2020
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Jette · since 2025
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Other specialised construction activities · since 2022
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Web portal activities · since 2023
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2021