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.
“Flanders Drones”
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.
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Photography, excluding press photography · Kortrijk · since 2018
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Groothandel in fietsen · Herzele · since 1988
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Flanders,District of Creativity · Public relations and communication consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2004
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Advertising agencies · Antwerpen · since 2009
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Reparatie en onderhoud van civiele schepen · Brugge · since 2019
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Leuven · since 2013
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Roeselare · since 1985
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · Dilbeek · since 2001
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Vervaardiging van kunststofartikelen voor de bouw · Kortrijk · since 2023
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Activities of head offices · Zonnebeke · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of Compass Group Belgium · Contract catering and other food service activities · Machelen (Brab.) · since 1971
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Gent · since 1985
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Edegem · since 1986
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Koksijde · since 2000
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Wholesale of fruit and vegetables, excluding potatoes · Langemark-Poelkapelle · since 2002
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Employment placement agencies · Herentals · since 2016
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since 2022
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Other research and development on natural sciences · Lommel · since 2003
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Research and development on biotechnology · Sint-Joost-ten-Node · since 2005
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Oostende · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of FLANDERS TRADING GROUP · Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Roeselare · since 2006
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Office administrative and support services · since 2024
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Koksijde · since 2019