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.
“First Friends”
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
24 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of First Friends Premium Partnership · Public relations and communication consultancy · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2020
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2021
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Kraainem · since 1999
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Mechelen · since 2001
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Jette · since 2001
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Name of an establishment of FRIENDS 1380 · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Lasne · since 2013
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Plumbing work · since 2026
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Abbreviation of FRONTING RESEARCH INNOVATION AND EDUCATION FOR NEUROSURGICAL DEVELOPMENT AND SOPHISTICATION · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2016
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Name of an establishment of YELENA · Cafés and bars · Brussel · since 2022
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Site preparation · since 2020
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Detailhandel in tabaksproducten · Menen · since 2003
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Name of an establishment of FADI FR · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2023
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Brussel · since 1986
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Abbreviation of FIRST COLLECTION · Real estate agency activities · Lasne · since 1987
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Schaarbeek · since 1989
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Name of an establishment of FIRST INC · Hairdressing and barber services · Dendermonde · since 1995
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Antwerpen · since 1995
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Name of an establishment of Shipman · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2013
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Other business support services · Schoten · since 2023
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Abbreviation of First-IT · Temporary employment agencies and other provision of personnel · Mechelen · since 2003
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Name of an establishment of DIVA NETWORK · General electrical installation work · Charleroi · since 2006
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Abbreviation of SE FIRST ICON RESEARCH SARL · CH-1204 GENEVE · since 1996
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Wholesale of wines and spirits · since 2017
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Name of an establishment · Vrachtbehandeling in zeehavens · Antwerpen · since 1997
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Full-service restaurants · since 2009
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Support activities for animal production · Jabbeke · since 1987
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Aalst · since 2001
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Veterinary services · Andenne · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of FILOU COMPANY · Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Kortrijk · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of E&S · Groothandel in machines, werktuigen en toebehoren voor de landbouw · Antwerpen · since 2013
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 1987
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Pepinster · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of Vinti · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2026