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.
“MAARIF”
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
6 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Etterbeek · since 2026
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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 1999
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Translation services · Gent · since 2023
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Other education · Schaarbeek · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Groothandel in weefsels, stoffen en fournituren · since 1976
Names that resemble it 18 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Elsene · since 2025
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since 1969
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Activities of holding companies · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2009
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Lokeren · since 2025
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Stabroek · since 1981
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Antwerpen · since 1988
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Harderwijk · since 1973
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Activities of holding companies · Torhout · since 2011
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since 2014
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Name of an establishment of Moonen · Kippenkwekerijen · Ravels · since 1972
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Post-production of films, video and television programmes · Gent · since 2002
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Activities of holding companies · Knokke-Heist · since 2013
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Antwerpen · since 2006
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 2024
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Urban planning and landscape architecture · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Repair and maintenance of furniture and upholstery · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2008
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2017