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.
“Ferrine”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of head offices · Sint-Niklaas · since 2026
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Vervaardiging van geneesmiddelen · Anderlecht · since 1985
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Joinery installation · Izegem · since 1976
Names that resemble it 29 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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General construction of residential buildings · Etterbeek · since 1991
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Gent · since 1973
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Construction of roads and motorways · Wasseiges · since 2019
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Other construction installation · since 2023
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Joinery installation · Antwerpen · since 2006
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Antwerpen · since 1986
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Name of an establishment of ERMELINDA · Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2004
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since 2017
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since 2018
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Psychology services · since 2018
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Mixed farming · since 2024
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since 2026
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Full-service restaurants · Bierbeek · since 1995
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Activities of holding companies · Maldegem · since 2013
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Abbreviation of Ferragus · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Ukkel · since 2017
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since 2017
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2020
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Literary creation · since 2021
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 2022
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Gent · since 2022
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Sports and recreation education · since 2022
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since 2023
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Forging of metal · since 2006
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Raising of sheep and goats · since 2008
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Tielt · since 2024
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Other business support services · Kasterlee · since 2024
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Households as employers of domestic personnel · Keerbergen · since 2026
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Brugge · since 2026
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Activities of holding companies · Antwerpen · since 2007