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.
“Fruithofke”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Oudsbergen · since 2020
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 1995
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Name of an establishment of HET FRUITHOF · Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Antwerpen · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of Paloma Vlaanderen · Serviceflats voor ouderen · Retie · since 2011
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2008
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · Sint-Gillis-Waas · since 2016
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Other business support services · Sint-Truiden · since 2016
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Wholesale of fruit and vegetables, excluding potatoes · Wijnegem · since 1998
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Cafés and bars · since 1965
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Other business support services · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of MIVAS · Beschutte en sociale werkplaatsen · Lier · since 1966
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Hoogstraten · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of VAN DE VLIET · Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 1995
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Landscape service activities · since 2016
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Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds and fertilisers
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Cafés and bars · Oostende · since 2019
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · since 2021
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Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2010
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Other building finishing work · since 2010
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since 2008
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Roeselare · since 1969