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.
“MACHET”
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
19 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Full-service restaurants · Ronse · since 2009
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2024
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Cafés and bars · Denderleeuw · since 2016
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Activities of holding companies · Schoten · since 2019
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Other business support services · Lochristi · since 2014
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Abbreviation of MaChT vzw · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Gent · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of APOTHEEK DE FERM · Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Antwerpen · since 1988
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Event catering · Hasselt · since 1994
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Name of an establishment of I.C. · Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Brecht · since 1994
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2014
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Name of an establishment of GIELEN RETAIL · Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Sint-Truiden · since 2015
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Detailhandel in glas-, porselein- en aardewerk en in niet-elektrische huishoudelijke artikelen · since 1985
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Interior design · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2018
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2011
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Activities of professional membership organisations · Brussel · since 2011
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Plastering work · Mortsel · since 2024
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Joinery installation · since 2024
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Advertising agencies · since 2025
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Retie · since 1991
Names that resemble it 36 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Repair and maintenance of furniture and upholstery · since 1996
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Cafés and bars · Waterloo · since 2015
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Other postal and courier activities · Diest · since 2015
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Development of residential building projects · Roeselare · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of de HALLEUX · Renting and leasing of sports and recreation goods · Evere · since 1989
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Verhuur en exploitatie van terreinen · Wingene · since 2016
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Nursing and midwifery · Andenne · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of @OLHEIS@ DAUBRESSE EN CO · Detailhandel in breigarens, handwerken en fournituren · Oudergem · since 1998
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Name of an establishment of NYC ET NYAC · Retail sale of footwear · Herstal · since 2000
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STRASSEN · since 2012
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since 1990
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Retail sale of footwear
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since 1984
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Retail sale of footwear
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Other business support services · since 2023
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Retail sale of footwear · since 1996
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Detailhandel in onderkleding, lingerie en strand- en badkleding · since 1986
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Computer programming · since 2021
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since 2021
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · since 2021
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Other membership organisations · Gent · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Saint-Ghislain · since 2022
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since 1995
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Activities of holding companies · Brussel · since 2007
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Kalmthout · since 2025
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Other software publishing · Kontich · since 2025
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Gent · since 2025
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Other amusement and recreation activities · since 2026
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Lochristi · since 2026
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Blégny · since 2012
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Abbreviation of MACH Consulting & Services · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Waremme · since 2013
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Full-service restaurants · Maaseik · since 2019
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Vermogensbeheer · Meise · since 2012
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Bierbeek · since 2023