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.
“Groep Marcel”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Groothandel in installatiemateriaal voor loodgieterswerk en verwarming · Westerlo · since 2010
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Advertising agencies · Gent · since 2020
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Stabroek · since 2017
Names that resemble it 36 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Raising of other animals · Zwevegem · since 2019
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Wholesale of solid, liquid and gaseous fuels and related products · Poperinge · since 2016
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2023
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Retail sale of electrical household appliances · Sint-Niklaas · since 2023
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Screed work · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2015
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Torhout · since 2010
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Agents and brokers in banking services · Leopoldsburg · since 2026
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Hasselt · since 1978
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Insurance agents and brokers · Nijlen · since 2013
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Jabbeke · since 2013
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Development of residential building projects · Evergem · since 2018
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Dilsen-Stokkem · since 2019
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Vervaardiging van specerijen, sauzen en kruiderijen · Schoten · since 2012
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Brecht · since 1993
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Antwerpen · since 1992
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Insurance agents and brokers · Torhout · since 2016
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Sint-Truiden · since 2019
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Maasmechelen · since 2025
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Full-service restaurants · Izegem · since 2020
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Zele · since 2021
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General construction of residential buildings · Veurne · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2022
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Wholesale of pharmaceutical and medical goods · Roeselare · since 2016
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Insurance agents and brokers · Lo-Reninge · since 2017
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · Essen · since 2018
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Plastering work · Heusden-Zolder · since 2019
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Full-service restaurants · Nieuwpoort · since 2020
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Activities of notaries · Waregem · since 2021
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Retail sale of hardware, building materials, paint and glass (general range) · Brugge · since 2021
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General construction of residential buildings · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Wijnegem · since 2022
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General electrical installation work · Aalter · since 2022
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Activities of interior architects · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2022
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Kortenberg · since 2011
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Forging of metal · Schilde · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Groep Medisch-Sociale Initiatieven van Limburg · Ziekenfondsen en zorgkassen · Hasselt · since 1993