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.
“Formica”
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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Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · QUILLAN · since 1988
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Sports and recreation education · since 2022
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Kontich · since 2011
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Business and other management consultancy · Stekene · since 2024
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Vervaardiging van schoeisel · Lasne · since 1968
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since 2010
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La Louvière · since 2020
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Activiteiten van industriële designers · since 2020
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Vervaardiging van ijzer en staal en van ferrolegeringen · Binche · since 2001
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Office administrative and support services · Hannut · since 2025
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Fernelmont · since 2026
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Cafés and bars · since 2023
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2000
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2020
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 2012
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since 2026
Names that resemble it 33 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Momignies · since 1999
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Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2000
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Joinery installation · Dessel · since 2020
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Aalter · since 2023
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Activities of interior architects · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Harelbeke · since 2024
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Vocational training · since 2025
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Vocational training · Mons · since 2014
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General electrical installation work · Diepenbeek · since 2016
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Merksplas · since 2009
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Landscape service activities · since 2024
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Physiotherapy · Dilbeek · since 1987
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Abbreviation of FORMAT + · Business and other management consultancy · Londerzeel · since 2000
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Other education · Mechelen · since 2018
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of Siler Architectuur · Activities of building architects · Geraardsbergen · since 2023
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Computer programming · Deerlijk · since 2023
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Photography, excluding press photography · Roeselare · since 2024
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Physiotherapy · Oudenaarde · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of OCTABEL · Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · Evere · since 2021
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Activities of lawyers · Wavre · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Equipe pour la Formation à l'Autonomie · Vocational training · Namur · since 1982
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Name of Forma Brussels · Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · Ukkel · since 1985
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Wholesale of non-electrical household articles · Leuven · since 1987
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Saint-Georges-sur-Meuse · since 1993
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Full-service restaurants · Châtelet · since 1994
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Name of an establishment of Atelier Formo · Other non-specialised retail sale · Stekene · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Brasschaat · since 2015
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · La Louvière · since 2018
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Oudergem · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Ingelmunster · since 2009
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Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 1987
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Aalter · since 1999