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.
“MACTAN”
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
20 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Market research and public opinion polling · Lummen · since 2002
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Activities of lawyers · Hoegaarden · since 2026
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Name of an establishment of WBM · Site preparation · Zaventem · since 2017
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Landscape service activities · since 2018
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Roofing work · Wevelgem · since 2018
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Hasselt · since 2021
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Medical imaging and medical laboratories · Herentals · since 2023
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 2008
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Activities of holding companies · Waasmunster · since 2004
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Activities of holding companies · Lokeren · since 2022
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Retail sale of information and communication equipment · since 2009
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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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Buying and selling of own real estate · Sint-Agatha-Berchem · since 2012
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Dental practice · Tienen · since 2004
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Full-service restaurants · Ukkel · since 2025
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Abbreviation of MEDICAL AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL TRADE AND AGENCY · Elsene · since 1985
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Office administrative and support services · since 2014
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2020
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Operation of sports facilities · Oudsbergen · since 2009
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Kluisbergen · since 2023
Names that resemble it 7 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of head offices · Roeselare · since 2021
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Computer programming · Leuven · since 2015
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Other building finishing work · Gent · since 2022
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Activities of holding companies · since 2000
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Deinze · since 2010
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Name of an establishment of BOUZKIK MANAGEMENT · Groothandel in suiker, chocolade en suikerwerk · Courcelles · since 2007
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Elsene · since 1988