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.
“MABENA”
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
25 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Name of an establishment of ABENA SPRL · Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Brussel · since 2008
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Walhain · since 2000
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Detailhandel in herenbovenkleding · Leuven · since 2002
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Verhuur en exploitatie van sociale woningen · Wevelgem · since 2016
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Office administrative and support services · since 2018
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2018
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Other construction installation · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Lede · since 2020
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Leuven · since 2020
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Activities of head offices · Koekelare · since 2021
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Other business support services · Antwerpen · since 2009
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Wavre · since 2012
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2012
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Office administrative and support services · since 2005
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Full-service restaurants · Stekene · since 2007
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Hairdressing and barber services · Geel · since 2007
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Kortrijk · since 2024
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Activities of head offices · Moorslede · since 2025
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Personenvervoer door de lucht · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1923
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Name of an establishment of SABENA WORLD AIRLINES · Personenvervoer door de lucht · Brussel · since 1988
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Full-service restaurants · Rumst · since 2021
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Brussel · since 2023
Names that resemble it 29 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Freight transport by road · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1991
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Aarschot · since 1995
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Vervaardiging van overige machines en apparaten voor algemeen gebruik, n.e.g. · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 1998
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Translation services · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Erpe-Mere · since 1989
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 2021
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Beringen · since 2021
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Brussel · since 2008
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Scheduled passenger transport by road · Tervuren · since 2024
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Destelbergen · since 1950
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Abbreviation of SOCIETE MAROC BELGIQUE DE COMMERCE ET D'INDUSTRIE · Tanger · since 1996
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Other business support services · Knokke-Heist · since 1998
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Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · Oupeye · since 1999
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Groothandel in porselein en glaswerk · Gent · since 2000
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Vorst · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Edegem · since 2017
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Other legal services · Hasselt · since 2018
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Agents and brokers in banking services · Schilde · since 2018
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Advertising agencies · Lier · since 2020
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Rixensart · since 2022
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Pajottegem · since 2022
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Specialist medical practice · Kontich · since 2023
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Maasmechelen · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Ledegem · since 2025
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Asse · since 2026
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Other postal and courier activities · Elsene · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 1986