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Compared with the KBO register · free

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.

“FirstMovers”

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.

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  • 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

4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.

  • FirstMovers same name
    Verenigingen en bewegingen voor volwassenen · Brussel · since 2025
  • Sole trader very similar
    Overig personenvervoer te land, n.e.g. · since 2025
  • First Motors very similar
    General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Heusden-Zolder · since 1993
  • FIRST MODERN very similar
    Business and other management consultancy · De Panne · since 1990
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
  • FIRST similar
    Retail sale of other sporting goods · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1985
  • FIRST similar
    Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Brussel · since 1986
  • FIRST similar
    Abbreviation of FIRST COLLECTION · Real estate agency activities · Lasne · since 1987
  • FIRST similar
    Schaarbeek · since 1989
  • FIRST INC similar
    Hairdressing and barber services · Dendermonde · since 1995
  • FIRST similar
    Buying and selling of own real estate · Antwerpen · since 1995
  • Sole trader similar
    Detailhandel in breigarens, handwerken en fournituren · since 1983
  • FIRST similar
    Name of an establishment of Shipman · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2013
  • First similar
    Other business support services · Schoten · since 2023
  • FIRST similar
    Abbreviation of First-IT · Temporary employment agencies and other provision of personnel · Mechelen · since 2003
  • FIRST similar
    Name of an establishment of REAL ESTATE EXPERTISE RELOCATION · Other specialised construction activities · Wezembeek-Oppem · since 2004
  • FIRST similar
    Name of an establishment of DIVA NETWORK · General electrical installation work · Charleroi · since 2006
  • FIRST similar
    Abbreviation of SE FIRST ICON RESEARCH SARL · CH-1204 GENEVE · since 1996
  • FIRST similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Name of an establishment of JAPIAN MONDIAL · Full-service restaurants · Elsene · since 1984
  • FIRST similarin bankruptcy or liquidation
    Vrachtbehandeling in zeehavens · Antwerpen · since 1997

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