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.
“MAAV”
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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Graphic design and visual communication · Ukkel · since 2022
Names that resemble it 62 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of CARROSSERIE MECANIQUE M.A.V. · Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Evere · 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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Abbreviation of Maison des Associations et du Volontariat de la Province de Luxembourg · Other social work without accommodation · Bastogne · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Meerhoutse Atletiekvereniging · Activiteiten van atletiekclubs · Meerhout · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Meilleur Acheteur Voiture · Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Dilbeek · since 2022
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Abbreviation of MACHA ALLAH VIANDES · Wholesale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Anderlecht · since 2010
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Activities of holding companies · Jabbeke · since 2024
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Podiatry and foot care · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of Stad Brussel · Gemeentelijke overheid, met uitzondering van het OCMW · Brussel · since 1921
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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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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Schaarbeek · since 2003
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Fitness centres · Brussel · since 2013
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Freight transport by road · Kortemark · since 2012
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Advertising agencies · since 2013
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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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Joinery installation · since 2023
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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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Activities of holding companies · Hasselt · since 2022
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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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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