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.
“FredMax”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
-
Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Zoersel · since 2014
-
Business and other management consultancy · Schaarbeek · since 2024
-
Detailhandel in tabaksproducten · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2021
-
Buying and selling of own real estate · Wortegem-Petegem · since 2011
-
Activities of holding companies · Knokke-Heist · since 2014
-
Performing arts by independent artists · Welkenraedt · since 2005
Names that resemble it 25 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
-
Other sports activities · since 1992
-
Abbreviation of FORESCO REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT · Development of residential building projects · Brasschaat · since 1968
-
Groothandel in vlees van wild en van gevogelte · Knokke-Heist · since 1989
-
Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2019
-
Business and other management consultancy · since 1993
-
Advertising agencies · Kampenhout · since 2022
-
Advertising agencies · since 2021
-
Abbreviation of Flanders' Real Estate Development · Development of residential building projects · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2011
-
Groothandel in overig textiel · since 2019
-
Detailhandel in tabaksproducten · Waregem · since 2002
-
Other information technology and computer services · since 2003
-
Event catering · since 2016
-
Name of an establishment of Vaname · Full-service restaurants · Nieuwpoort · since 2015
-
Manufacture of cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery · Wingene · since 2019
-
Joinery installation · since 2020
-
Psychology services · since 2022
-
Retail sale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels, excluding motor fuels · since 2022
-
Business and other management consultancy · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2008
-
Public relations and communication consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2011
-
Full-service restaurants · since 2008
-
Full-service restaurants · Sint-Laureins · since 2025
-
Landscape service activities · since 2026
-
Name of an establishment of Fred & Ginger Retail Belgium · Detailhandel in baby- en kinderbovenkleding · Mechelen · since 2014
-
Other building finishing work · since 2020
-
Tervuren · since 1989