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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.

“Fildu”

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.

  • Fildu same name
    Turnhout · since 2008
  • Filou very similar
    Activities of head offices · Brugge · since 2025
  • FILOU very similar
    Insulation installation · Wingene · since 2026
Names that resemble it 11 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • FILD similar
    Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Ronse · since 1995
  • Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 1992
  • FILDOR similar
    Abbreviation of FILDOR CORPORATE FINANCE · Business and other management consultancy · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2005
  • F.I.L. similar
    Abbreviation of FEDERATION INTERNATIONALE Du LAIT · Groothandel in zuivelproducten en eieren · Schaarbeek · since 1955
  • F.I.L. similar
    Niet-gespecialiseerde groothandel in niet-diepgevroren voedingsmiddelen, dranken en genotmiddelen · Gent · since 1982
  • Fil similar
    Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1985
  • FIL similar
    Charleroi · since 1989
  • F.I.L. similar
    Name of an establishment of MANFILCONSTRUCT · General construction of residential buildings · Namur · since 1992
  • F/il similar
    Photography, excluding press photography · Antwerpen · since 2020
  • FIL similar
    Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2012
  • FIL DU TEMPS similar
    Full-service restaurants · Mouscron · since 2016

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