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.
“LAFEN”
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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Binche · since 2013
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Mably · since 2014
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Performing arts by independent artists · Court-Saint-Etienne · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of Jackie Pony · Joinery installation · Leuven · since 2025
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Nivelles · since 2025
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Activities of notaries · Merchtem · since 2018
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Mechelen · since 2017
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Full-service restaurants · since 1990
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since 1991
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of La Ferme d'Ernage · Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Gembloux · since 2017
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Thimister-Clermont · since 2012
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2019
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Abbreviation of La Vie, l'Amour, la Mort... La Fête · Nivelles · since 1976
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Harelbeke · since 2013
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Land surveying · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2014
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Activities of holding companies · Heusden-Zolder · since 2019
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Name of an establishment of LAFERE BVBA · Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Wommelgem · since 2005
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2025
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Abbreviation of LOKALEN AKABE FUNK · Waregem · since 2019
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Abbreviation of LARTISTE FUTSAL · Fontaine-l'Evêque · since 2026
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Full-service restaurants
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Oudergem · since 1986
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Full-service restaurants · since 1989
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · Rochefort · since 2017
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Retail sale of fruit and vegetables · Bassenge · since 2008
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Frameries · since 2025
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Other education · since 2025
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Elsene · since 2023
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Trade name of Karel Construct · General construction of residential buildings · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Les Amis Fidèles · Schaarbeek · since 2009
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Vervaardiging van bereide maaltijden en schotels