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.
“TFE”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Abbreviation of TRANS FLORAL EXPRESS · Elsene · since 1990
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Other specialised construction activities · Aalst · since 2001
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Abbreviation of ThreeFinancE · Insurance agents and brokers · Brussel · since 2012
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Antoing · since 2014
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Abbreviation of TOP FOOT ELITE · Walcourt · since 2015
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Kortrijk · since 2020
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Abbreviation of TRUSTY FINANCE EUROPE · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Hasselt · since 2022
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · Dessel · since 1999
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of TRANSPORT FUSILLIER EMILE & FILS · Freight transport by road · Walcourt · since 1997
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2026
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Name of an establishment · Employment placement agencies · Middelkerke · since 2017
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Abbreviation of vzw 't Ferm · Activiteiten van dagcentra voor volwassenen met een lichamelijke handicap, met inbegrip van ambulante hulpverlening · Ledegem · since 2017
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Event catering · Haacht · since 2019
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Insulation installation · Peer · since 2007
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Abbreviation of Turnhoutse feestelijkheden · Turnhout · since 1990
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Abbreviation of TIM FRANSEN · Activities of lawyers · Antwerpen · since 2013
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Abbreviation of Transformation · Brussel · since 2015
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Performing arts by independent artists · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Tango Factory · Anderlecht · since 2016
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Abbreviation of THIRD FLOOR · Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Poperinge · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Tomorrow Food · Mont-Saint-Guibert · since 2026