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Name check

Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“FencePlus”

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

1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.

  • FencePlus same name
    Non-specialised wholesale trade · Herentals · since 2017
Names that resemble it 7 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • EssencePlus similar
    Nursing and midwifery · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2025
  • Fédé-Plus similar
    Abbreviation of Fédération Wallonne des Services Privés de Médiation de Dettes · Charleroi · since 2008
  • CEPLUS similar
    Abbreviation of Centre d'Etudes pluridisciplinaire en Langues des Signes · Liège · since 1987
  • Landscape service activities · since 2026
  • FENCER similar
    Activities of lawyers · Brussel · since 2020
  • E-Plus similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Haacht · since 2014
  • E PLUS similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2022

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