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.
“MACELA”
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
16 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Sint-Martens-Latem · since 1985
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Maastricht · since 1980
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Mont-Saint-Guibert · since 2019
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2011
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Business and other management consultancy · Meise · since 1999
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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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Brussel · since 1987
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Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 1990
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Lievegem · since 1997
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since 2002
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Braine-le-Château · since 2015
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Other construction installation · 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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Buying and selling of own real estate · Balen · since 2003
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Joinery installation · Raeren · since 2006
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Zwevegem · since 2025
Names that resemble it 17 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Computer programming · Boechout · since 1997
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Activiteiten van slachthuizen · Gent · since 2019
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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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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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Arnhem · since 2020
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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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Activities of lawyers · Gent · since 2024
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Activities of lawyers · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1999
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Business and other management consultancy · Gistel · since 2024