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.
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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Hulshout · since 2013
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Vervaardiging van andere voedingsmiddelen, n.e.g. · Anderlecht · since 2021
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Maaseik · since 2012
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Raising of dairy cattle · Diest · since 2011
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Deinze · since 2024
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Schaarbeek · since 2025
Names that resemble it 41 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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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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Pig breeding farms · Sint-Laureins · since 2000
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Advertising agencies · Mechelen · since 2016
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Vermogensbeheer · Lanaken · since 2014
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SAINT-ETIENNE · since 2021
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2021
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General electrical installation work · Scherpenheuvel-Zichem · since 2023
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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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Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · Antwerpen · since 2024
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Real estate agency activities · Aalter · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Mahber Agezte Alem Slasie · Niel · since 2025
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Machining of metals · Brunehaut · since 2019
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Computing infrastructure, data processing, hosting and related activities · Schaarbeek · since 1990
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Abbreviation of M&A ASSOCIATION · Elsene · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Akhanda Ma · Silly · since 2019
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Maasmechelen · since 1989
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Name of an establishment of Wit-Gele Kruis van Limburg · Nursing and midwifery · Genk · since 1964
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Name of an establishment of Solidaris, socialistische mutualiteit van de provincie Limburg · Ziekenfondsen en zorgkassen · Hasselt · since 1924
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Lanaken · since 1988
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Beschutte en sociale werkplaatsen · Maasmechelen · since 1999
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Support activities for animal production · Maasmechelen · since 2013
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 2016
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Vermogensbeheer · Tienen · since 2010
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 2025
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Zaventem · since 2023
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Households as employers of domestic personnel · since 2023
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2011
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Full-service restaurants · since 1983
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Full-service restaurants · since 1988
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · since 2007
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2024
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Development of residential building projects · Maasmechelen · since 2026
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General construction of other non-residential buildings · Lochristi · since 2026
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Zelzate · since 2011
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Halle · since 1987