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.
“MACLOT”
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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Wholesale of live animals · Soumagne · since 1999
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Vervaardiging van andere voedingsmiddelen, n.e.g. · Oudergem · since 1987
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General construction of residential buildings · La Louvière · since 2004
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Verhuur en lease van machines en installaties voor de bouwnijverheid en de weg- en waterbouw · Thimister-Clermont · since 2017
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Raising of dairy cattle · since 2023
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Braine-le-Château · since 1998
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Uitzenden van radioprogramma’s en distributie van audio · Nivelles · since 2002
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since 2000
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Full-service restaurants · Nivelles · since 2025
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since 1971
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Froidchapelle · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Masters in logical thinking · Advertising agencies · Gent · since 2011
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since 2022
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since 2007
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Landscape service activities · since 2010
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since 2012
Names that resemble it 10 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Meise · since 1999
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Abbreviation of Moto en Autoclub · Lommel · since 1984
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Name of an establishment of Sukiya · Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Riemst · since 1992
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Abbreviation of Maclen Management · Activities of holding companies · Mol · since 2014
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Web portal activities · Aalst · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Ukkel · since 2018
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Activities of lawyers · Vorst · since 2020
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Renting and operating of own or leased non-residential real estate, excluding land · Knokke-Heist · since 2010
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2011
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Sambreville · since 1986