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.
“BLACK MAPLE”
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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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Cerfontaine · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Schaarbeek · since 1997
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Liège · since 2016
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Other business support services · Brasschaat · since 2021
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Activiteiten van vechtsportclubs · Halle · since 1995
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Flémalle · since 1995
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Verviers · since 2022
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Name of an establishment of IDEAL M-M · Cafés and bars · Brussel · since 2024
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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since 1995
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · since 2008
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Joinery installation · Anzegem · since 2018
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Tattoo and piercing services · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Black Market @ Garage Robert · Retail sale of antiques · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Activities of other sports clubs · Charleroi · since 2021
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Households as employers of domestic personnel · since 2026
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Production of cinema films · Namur · since 1998
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Trade name of BLACK WALE E-CARE SOLUTIONS · Pelt · since 2015
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2002
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since 2019
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2021
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · since 2025
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Maldegem · since 2000
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Charleroi · since 2021