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.
“MAAX”
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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Other business support services · Genappe · since 2001
Names that resemble it 64 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Real estate agency activities · Heusden-Zolder · since 1980
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Elsene · since 1988
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Gent · since 1993
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Full-service restaurants · Liège · since 1996
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Aiseau-Presles · since 1998
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Name of an establishment of YVES VAN MALDEGHEM · Full-service restaurants · Oostende · since 1999
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Roofing work · Gavere · since 2000
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2003
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Retail sale of women's outerwear
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Name of an establishment of FANNY · Other non-specialised retail sale · Lebbeke · since 2016
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 1994
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · Ninove · since 2017
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Abbreviation of M&A ASSOCIATION · Elsene · since 2017
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Retail sale of pets, pet food and pet supplies · since 1999
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Wevelgem · since 2018
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Advertising agencies · since 1992
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Abbreviation of Akhanda Ma · Silly · since 2019
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Kortrijk · since 2013
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 1992
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Other support activities for arts and performing arts · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2021
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2026
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Abbreviation of MAXIMUS · Saint-Nicolas · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of PANA MANAGEMENT · Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Knokke-Heist · since 2023
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since 1995
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2008
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Other business support services · since 2024
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Kapellen · since 2026
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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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Abbreviation of MANIFESTATIONS ARTISTIQUES, ARTISANALES ET SOCIALES · Vilvoorde · since 1986
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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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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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Name of an establishment · Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Verviers · since 2014
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Name of an establishment · Tattoo and piercing services · since 2016
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Name of an establishment · Buying and selling of own real estate · Geraardsbergen · since 2017
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Waregem · since 2014
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Name of an establishment · Other business support services · Kortenberg · since 2019
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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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Graphic design and visual communication · Ukkel · since 2022
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 2023
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Name of an establishment · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Aalter · since 2023
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Namur · since 2011
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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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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · 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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Name of an establishment · Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2024
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Name of an establishment · Other education · 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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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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Antwerpen · since 1981
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2017