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.
“BD MAT”
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
16 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Spa · since 2013
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Marche-en-Famenne · since 2010
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Bétons et Matériaux · General construction of residential buildings · Charleroi · since 1923
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Wholesale of machine tools · Chimay · since 2002
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Remicourt · since 2014
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Screed work · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2015
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2015
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Machining of metals · since 2016
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Activities of holding companies · Gouvy · since 2016
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2017
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Machining of metals · since 1999
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Wholesale of electrical equipment, including installation materials · Bouillon · since 2003
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HUMPOLEC · since 2004
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Oudsbergen · since 2025
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Sambreville · since 1973
Names that resemble it 16 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of THE BLINDS DESIGNERS AND MANUFACTURERS · Vervaardiging van overige geconfectioneerde artikelen van textiel, muv kleding · Enghien · since 2000
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Abbreviation of Beschermcomité Dansclub Medante vzw · Merelbeke-Melle · since 1992
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Abbreviation of BIERTEN DIRK MANAGEMENT · Business and other management consultancy · Herentals · since 1998
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Abbreviation of BUILDING DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1998
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Full-service restaurants · Lommel · since 2002
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Mons · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Izegem · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Bracht Deckers & Mackelbert · Insurance agents and brokers · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Abbreviation of BOIS DESIGN METAL · Sawmilling and planing of wood · Huy · since 2020
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Abbreviation of BROUWERIJ DE MOARE · Manufacture of beer · Heuvelland · since 2021
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since 1995
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Site preparation · Aalter · since 2022
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Abbreviation of BERT DESMET MANAGEMENT · Activities of holding companies · Harelbeke · since 2005
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Hasselt · since 2007
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Joinery installation · since 2024
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Abbreviation of BD²M Executives · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Boortmeerbeek · since 2022