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.
“MAARIS”
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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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 1999
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General construction of residential buildings · Diest · since 1986
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Berlaar · since 1994
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Verhuur en lease van woon- en bureelcontainers en dergelijke accommodatie · Koksijde · since 1997
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Zonhoven · since 2013
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Zundert · since 1998
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Groothandel in schoeisel · Mechelen · since 2005
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Gent · since 2023
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Herk-de-Stad · since 2024
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Translation services · Gent · since 2023
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Etterbeek · since 2026
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Lommel · since 2009
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Abbreviation of MaTRIS Matrice pour la Transformation des Rôles et l'Innovation Sociale · Public relations and communication consultancy · Saint-Nicolas · since 1989
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Business and other management consultancy · Heuvelland · since 2011
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General electrical installation work · Anzegem · since 2025
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Activities of head offices · Diksmuide · since 2026
Names that resemble it 25 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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since 1969
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Elsene · since 1998
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Namur · since 1998
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Mouscron · since 2023
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Activities of holding companies · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2009
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Schaarbeek · since 2005
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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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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Dendermonde · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Torhout · since 2011
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2026
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Intermediation services for non-specialised retail · since 2025
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since 2014
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Elsene · since 2025
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2026
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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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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Antwerpen · since 2006
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Urban planning and landscape architecture · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · La Louvière · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of YETSGROUP · Freight transport by road · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2017