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.
“Ferrum”
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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 1951
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Beekingen · since 1990
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Rupperswil · since 2011
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Antwerpen · since 2011
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Machining of metals · since 2005
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General construction of other non-residential buildings · Hechtel-Eksel · since 2005
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Hasselt · since 2023
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Brugge · since 2026
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Other retail sale of new goods · Duffel · since 1995
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Deerlijk · since 2001
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Reproductie van opgenomen media · Kasterlee · since 2021
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2009
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General construction of other non-residential buildings · Hechtel-Eksel · since 1999
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 2025
Names that resemble it 29 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of JOWIST · Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Kortrijk · since 2007
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Activities of lawyers · Turnhout · since 2009
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General construction of residential buildings · Etterbeek · since 1991
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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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Literary creation · since 2021
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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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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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Brussel · since 2021
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Gent · since 1973
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Vorst · since 2000
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Business and other management consultancy · Mechelen · since 2014
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General construction of residential buildings · Middelkerke · since 2017
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General construction of residential buildings · Wevelgem · since 2022
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Coating of metals · since 2023
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Dental practice · Leuven · since 2010
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Joinery installation · Antwerpen · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of SANTOS INVEST · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Nieuwpoort · since 2007
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2025
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Machining of metals · Kortrijk · since 2025
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Holiday cottages, homes and apartments · Koksijde · since 2025
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Mechelen · since 2025
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Groothandel in afval en schroot, n.e.g. · Brussel · since 2026