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.
“VIFRA”
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
25 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of head offices · Brugge · since 2018
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Nursing and midwifery · Roeselare · since 2022
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Anzegem · since 1996
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Other printing · Wommelgem · since 1953
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Abbreviation of Compagnie générale Mifra · Development of residential building projects · Ukkel · since 1976
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Name of an establishment of ELAU · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Gent · since 1986
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Willebroek · since 1990
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Support activities for crop production · Pont-à-Celles · since 1991
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 1994
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Tongeren · since 2001
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · Roeselare · since 2017
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Lens · since 2017
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Nazareth · since 2019
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Wevelgem · since 2019
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Activities of holding companies · Brakel · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of LIFRA SRL · Business and other management consultancy · Tellin · since 2021
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Inzameling van ongevaarlijk afval · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Dendermonde · since 2011
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2024
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Logging · Philippeville · since 2005
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Joinery installation · Arendonk · since 2006
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Operation of sports facilities · Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes · since 2025
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Other human health activities · since 2026
Names that resemble it 9 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of ASBL Vivre en fol Cie · Exploitatie van schouwburgen, concertzalen en dergelijke · Namur · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Coopérative d'Achat des Grands Vins de France · Brussel · since 1968
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Retail sale of other household articles · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Flémalle · since 2023
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Dessel · since 1987
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Kapellen · since 1992
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Abbreviation of INTERNATIONAL FRAGRANCE ASSOCIATION · Activities of business and employers' organisations · geneve · since 2000
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Demolition · since 2024
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DARMSTADT · since 2007