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.
“MAD-ness”
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
21 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Other specialised construction activities · Kortemark · since 2021
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Retail sale of chocolate and confectionery · Courcelles · since 2025
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Vilvoorde · since 2016
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Lanaken · since 1992
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Abbreviation of MONTAGE, AFFICHAGE, DEMONTAGE · Advertising agencies · La Louvière · since 1995
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Name of an establishment of MANAGEMENT ADVICE & DEVELOPMENT · Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2000
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2001
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Abbreviation of MUSSON ACTIVITES DETENTE · Musson · since 2001
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BALATON · since 2002
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Deinze · since 2002
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Abbreviation of MARKET ADVICE DESPLENTER · Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2003
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Abbreviation of Matthys Architecture & Design · Activities of building architects · Wavre · since 2015
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Beringen · since 2017
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Retail sale of other second-hand goods, excluding clothing · since 2018
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Abbreviation of MaD Insights · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Ham · since 2020
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Trooz · since 2020
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Other business support services · Zedelgem · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of MAD MARKETING AND HR · Market research and public opinion polling · Tremelo · since 2009
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2005
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Activities of building architects · since 2017
Names that resemble it 22 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Manufacture of beer · Esneux · since 2020
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Other education · since 1997
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Exploitatie van culturele centra en multifunctionele zalen ten behoeve van culturele activiteiten · Oudergem · since 2015
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Other sports activities · Vilvoorde · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of DAVID-DEMEYERE · Other specialised construction activities · Zwevegem · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Waasmunster · since 2000
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Other business support services · Gerpinnes · since 2012
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2023
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2024
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Detailhandel in vis en schaal- en weekdieren · Nieuwpoort · since 2025
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Computer programming · Putte · since 2017
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Specialist medical practice · Brussel · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of Kenis Consulting · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Zandhoven · since 2018
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2009
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 2026
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Manufacture of jewellery · since 2010
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Literary creation · Bornem · since 2022
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Waterloo · since 2017
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Brugge · since 2026
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Event catering · since 2023
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since 1987
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Other printing · Ravels · since 2018