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.
“Frances”
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.
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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
17 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Full-service restaurants · Durbuy · since 1991
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Vermogensbeheer · Schilde · since 2010
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Compositie van muziek · Waregem · since 2025
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Other retail sale of food · since 1997
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Real estate agency activities · Ellezelles · since 2021
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Brussel · since 1989
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Name of an establishment of FRANCESCO CANNELLA · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Anderlecht · since 1989
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Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 1990
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Groothandel in veevoeders · Gesves · since 2015
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Mouscron · since 2022
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2009
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2020
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Kortenaken · since 2014
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2012
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Activities of lawyers · since 2025
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Specialist medical practice · Gent · since 2021
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Other publishing activities, excluding software publishing · since 2011
Names that resemble it 44 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Jette · since 1983
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Full-service restaurants · Brussel · since 1998
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · since 2006
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Freight transport by road · Spiere-Helkijn · since 1969
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Paris II · since 1977
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Abbreviation of FRANCK - SCHRIJNWERKERIJ · Joinery installation · Hove · since 1987
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Nutrition and dietetics services · Alken · since 1997
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Dental practice · Staden · since 2001
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · since 1993
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Name of an establishment of DI IENNO FRANCA ET STICCA ANGELA · Other retail sale of food · Herstal
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since 1993
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Joinery installation · Kapellen · since 2017
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 1989
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Vermogensbeheer · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2010
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Warehousing and storage · since 2021
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Activities of lawyers · Les Bons Villers · since 2022
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 1997
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Erpe-Mere · since 2023
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Londerzeel · since 2023
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · since 1986
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Full-service restaurants · Zwalm · since 2004
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Activities of holding companies · Hechtel-Eksel · since 2006
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Paris · since 2003
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Hasselt · since 2007
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Event catering · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Plumbing work · Kapelle-op-den-Bos · since 2026
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Sports and recreation education · since 2019
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Other business support services · since 2022
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Sports and recreation education · since 2024
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Other business support services · Seneffe · since 2024
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Support activities for crop production · Nassogne · since 1988
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Ukkel · since 1991
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Wholesale of construction materials, general range · Spiere-Helkijn · since 1999
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Media representation · Keerbergen · since 2013
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General electrical installation work · since 2023
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 1995
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Households as employers of domestic personnel · since 2023
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Psychology services · since 2021
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Book publishing · since 2005
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Activities of head offices · since 2024
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Literary creation · since 2023
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Support activities for animal production · since 2005
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Bouguenais · since 1992
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Lokeren · since 1999