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.
“MAAF”
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
1 registered enterprise with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Schaarbeek · since 2003
Names that resemble it 66 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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General cleaning of buildings · Schaarbeek · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Caisse Mutuelle d'Allocations Familiales · Ronse · since 1948
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Abbreviation of MENUISERIE ANTI FEU · Roofing work · Herstal · since 1980
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Business and other management consultancy · Schilde · since 1988
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Abbreviation of (M)AF! DE CREATIEVE DROOMFABRIEK · Gent · since 2016
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Landscape service activities · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Machelen Feest · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2017
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Abbreviation of M&A ASSOCIATION · Elsene · since 2017
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Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · Gent · since 2018
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Abbreviation of muzisch Artistieke Factorij · Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Sint-Niklaas · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Akhanda Ma · Silly · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Motorycle Adventure Friends · Wingene · since 2020
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Dental practice · Namur · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of TRUE · Advertising agencies · Antwerpen · since 2007
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2024
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Manufacture of jewellery · since 2024
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Joinery installation · since 2025
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Other postal and courier activities · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of MAAS BEVEILIGINGSTECHNIEK · General electrical installation work · Turnhout · since 1983
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Abbreviation of MANIFESTATIONS ARTISTIQUES, ARTISANALES ET SOCIALES · Vilvoorde · since 1986
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Oud-Turnhout · since 1988
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Machelen (Brab.) · since 1991
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Abbreviation of MAIL ADVICE AND SERVICES · Other business support services · Kinrooi · since 1999
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Other business support services · Genappe · since 2001
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Mechelen · since 2002
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Activities of interior architects · Gavere · since 2002
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Fitness centres · Brussel · since 2013
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Freight transport by road · Kortemark · since 2012
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Verviers · since 2014
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Tattoo and piercing services · since 2016
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Advertising agencies · Mechelen · since 2016
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Geraardsbergen · since 2017
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Kampenhout · since 2018
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Vermogensbeheer · Lanaken · since 2014
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Vermogensbeheer · Waregem · since 2014
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Other business support services · Kortenberg · since 2019
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Physiotherapy · since 2020
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · Lint · since 2020
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2021
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Graphic design and visual communication · Ukkel · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Hasselt · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Mechelen · since 2022
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Aalter · since 2023
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Activities of holding companies · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2009
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Urban planning and landscape architecture · since 2013
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Namur · since 2011
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · since 1969
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Full-service restaurants · since 1984
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Beernem · since 2003
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Abbreviation of MOdern African Anglophon Culture · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2004
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Office administrative and support services · since 2007
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Eghezée · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Aalst · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Halle · since 2024
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Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2024
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Herent · since 2025
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Lokeren · since 2025
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Mahber Agezte Alem Slasie · Niel · since 2025
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Joinery installation · Wielsbeke · since 2025
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Gent · since 2026
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Wevelgem · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2017