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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.

“FiLePo”

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

2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • FiLePo same name
    Business and other management consultancy · Pittem · since 2017
  • FILECO very similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Landen · since 1998
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • FILE similar
    Buying and selling of own real estate · Gent · since 1981
  • File similar
    Antwerpen · since 1988
  • FILE similar
    Abbreviation of Fédération des Initiatives locales pour l'Enfance · Activities of business and employers' organisations · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 1992
  • FILEC similar
    General electrical installation work · Ravels · since 2017
  • FILEWA similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Antwerpen · since 1963
  • FILE-IT similar
    Computer programming · Middelkerke · since 2002
  • FILEAS similar
    Name of an establishment of FILEAS SPRL · Insurance agents and brokers · Chastre · since 2003
  • FiLeVa similar
    Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2023
  • FILETA similar
    Dental practice · Wanze · since 2006
  • Filevi similar
    Business and other management consultancy · Edegem · since 2026

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