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.
“Fobet”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Cafés and bars · Sint-Niklaas · since 1990
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Abbreviation of Terrilex · Brussel · since 1975
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Abbreviation of Formation - Emploi - Tremplin · Vocational training · Vorst · since 1997
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Abbreviation of Belgische Federatie van Taxis · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · Roeselare · since 2020
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Abbreviation of FAB Extrusion Technology · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Deerlijk · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Zoersel · since 2012
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Full-service restaurants · Stekene · since 2024
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of holding companies · Herstal · since 2023
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Abbreviation of FURNISHING OFFICE BENELUX · Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Ukkel · since 1979
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Abbreviation of Asbl The Friends Of Brussels · Brussel · since 2018
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Abbreviation of FRIENDS OF BRUSSELS · Brussel · since 2019
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2010
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2018
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2024
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Halle · since 2024
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Activities of head offices · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2025
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General medical practice · since 1996
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since 2025
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Name of an establishment of PETROL · Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels · Mechelen · since 2025
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Abbreviation of FORUM VOOR BEZINNINGSBEGELEIDING · Tienen · since 2001
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Pluimveehouderijen, muv kippenkwekerijen · De Haan · since 1995