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.
“Fonz”
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Boutersem · since 2021
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of FONZOH, Fonds Zelfstandig Ondernemen Heist-op-den-Berg · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 1998
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Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · Kontich · since 2015
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Operation of fairground attractions · since 1989
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Brussel · since 1989
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Leuven · since 1996
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Other sports activities · Kruisem · since 2013
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Uitgeven van tijdschriften · Gent · since 2018
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2019
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Brasschaat · since 2022
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Advertising agencies · Mortsel · since 2022
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Beerse · since 2011
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2011
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Productie van televisiefilms · Leuven · since 2012
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Leuven · since 2003
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Brugge · since 2025
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since 2022
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Real estate agency activities · Pont-à-Celles · since 2024
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · since 2025
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General cleaning of buildings · Grimbergen · since 2019
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since 2008
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Land surveying · since 1990
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Other personal services · since 2020