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.
“MAATI”
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
5 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Brussel · since 1992
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Diensten in verband met de luchtvaart · Rotselaar · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2015
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Retail sale of beverages, general range · since 2023
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General medical practice · Mechelen · since 2026
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of interior architects · Gavere · since 2002
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Other postal and courier activities · Beernem · since 2016
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Other business support services · Kortenberg · since 2019
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Computer programming · Aartselaar · since 2019
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Joinery installation · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Mechelen · since 2022
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 2023
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Other sports activities · since 2023
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Dendermonde · since 2023
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Eghezée · since 2024
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Rixensart · since 2024
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Joinery installation · since 2026
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Beschutte en sociale werkplaatsen · Aalst · since 1968
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Middelkerke · since 2018
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Cafés and bars · Liège · since 2022
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Mettet · since 2007
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Activities of holding companies · Lokeren · since 2024
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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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Business and other management consultancy · Hasselt · since 2007
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Other retail sale of new goods · since 2024