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.
“MACEL”
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
32 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Maastricht · since 1980
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Sint-Martens-Latem · since 1985
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Mont-Saint-Guibert · since 2019
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Event catering · Middelkerke · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Lommel · since 2024
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Groothandel in machines, werktuigen en toebehoren voor de landbouw · since 2024
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Antwerpen · since 1968
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Retail sale of footwear · Turnhout · since 1997
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Screed work · since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Vorst · since 2016
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Pelt · since 2017
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2017
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Vermogensbeheer · Stabroek · since 2017
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Activiteiten van verpakkingsbedrijven · since 2021
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Retail sale of other sporting goods · Poperinge · since 2022
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Activities of head offices · Aarschot · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Linkebeek · since 2022
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Development of residential building projects · Gistel · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of SCRAPYARD BVBA · Full-service restaurants · Sint-Niklaas · since 2009
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Insurance agents and brokers · Ferrières · since 2012
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Visual arts creation · Jette · since 2003
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Full-service restaurants · Leuven · since 2003
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Name of an establishment of NOVEMBER.BE · Advertising agencies · Poperinge · since 2004
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Name of an establishment of HOLEMANS MARCEL · Roofing work · Aarschot · since 2006
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Activities of building architects · since 2007
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Business and other management consultancy · Langemark-Poelkapelle · since 2023
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2024
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Other personal services · Gent · since 2024
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Other business support services · Kortrijk · since 2026
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Activities of lawyers · Pajottegem · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Société belge des Machines-Outils et Outillage de Haute Précision · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1945
Names that resemble it 21 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Computer programming · Boechout · since 1997
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Construction of roads and motorways · Heist-op-den-Berg · since 2021
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Event catering · Tienen · since 2021
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Enschede · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · Edegem · since 2007
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Activiteiten van slachthuizen · Gent · since 2019
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General electrical installation work · Wavre · since 2024
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Kortenberg · since 2016
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Gent · since 2018
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Support activities for crop production · Deinze · since 2026
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Activities of lawyers · Gent · since 2024
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Spiere-Helkijn · since 1970
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Lievegem · since 1997
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Name of MACULAW · Activities of lawyers · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1999
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Balen · since 2003
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Business and other management consultancy · Gistel · since 2024
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Abbreviation of MANAGEMENT AND CONSULTING · Other technical testing and analysis · Oud-Heverlee · since 1980
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General construction of residential buildings · since 1993
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Other business support services · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of MEYVISCH ANDRE CONSULTING · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Leuven · since 2007
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Abbreviation of MANUFACTURING AGENCIES CONSULTING · Wholesale of diamonds and other precious stones · Genk · since 1990