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.
“Fontec”
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
16 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Site preparation · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1973
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2014
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Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2026
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Computer programming · Rebecq · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of DB-PIXELS · Photography, excluding press photography · Aalst · since 2022
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Antwerpen · since 1986
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Business and other management consultancy · Koksijde · since 1990
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General electrical installation work · since 2026
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General electrical installation work · since 2021
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Reparatie en onderhoud van elektronische en optische apparatuur · Oostende · since 2022
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Kasterlee · since 2010
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Machining of metals · Hasselt · since 2011
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Izegem · since 2026
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Abbreviation of FIBER OPTICS TECNICS · Vervaardiging van glasvezels · Heusden-Zolder · since 2020
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Vervaardiging van farmaceutische grondstoffen · Brugge · since 1993
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Hulshout · since 2009
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1991
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Business and other management consultancy · Gouvy · since 2015
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Development of residential building projects · Vleteren · since 1987
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Name of an establishment of FONTENAY INVESTMENTS LIMITED · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Brussel · since 1995
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers · since 1971
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NEW ZEELAND · since 1999
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Activities of holding companies · Beersel · since 2019
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LA PLEINE SAITN DENIS · since 2005
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Lennik · since 1985
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Activities of bailiffs · Schelle · since 1998
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Brecht · since 1985
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Abbreviation of Kinderkwartier · Overige activiteiten met betrekking tot kinderopvang · Vilvoorde · since 2013
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Zele · since 2016
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · since 2023
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Other information service activities · Mechelen · since 2024
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Activities of head offices · Bierbeek · since 2025