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.
“MADAAN”
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
9 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Flémalle · since 2010
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Herentals · since 2020
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Tremelo · since 2013
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Advertising agencies · Brussel · since 2014
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Turnhout · since 2021
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Schaarbeek · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Niklaas · since 2003
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Advertising agencies · Schoten · since 2008
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Vorst · since 2007
Names that resemble it 47 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Manufacture of jewellery · since 2025
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Mechelen · since 2002
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Freight transport by road · Kortemark · since 2012
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Geraardsbergen · since 2017
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Maasmechelen · since 2017
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Vermogensbeheer · Waregem · since 2014
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Halle · since 2024
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Sint-Pieters-Leeuw · since 2024
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Other education · Herent · since 2025
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Wevelgem · since 2026
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Equestrian clubs · Walhain · since 2026
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Brussel · since 1980
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Brussel · since 1981
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Name of an establishment of BELTA · Discotheken, dancings en dergelijke · Brussel · since 1982
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Liège · since 1984
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News agency activities · Genappe · since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · Kapellen · since 2016
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Herve · since 2016
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Retail sale of other second-hand goods, excluding clothing · since 2017
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Ans · since 2020
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brugge · since 2021
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Abbreviation of MADAQUATRE · Other education · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2023
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Wholesale of beverages, general range · Roeselare · since 2009
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Discotheken, dancings en dergelijke · since 1985
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Advertising agencies · since 2025
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Liège · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of Unlimited Fusion · Cultural education · Roeselare · since 2023
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Other business support services · Poperinge · since 2023
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Other business support services · since 2025
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Retail sale of second-hand clothing · Gent · since 2025
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General electrical installation work · Oostkamp · since 2022
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Retail sale of women's outerwear · Seraing · since 1989
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Antwerpen · since 1997
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Retail sale of antiques · Ukkel · since 2000
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BEUNINGEN · since 2011
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Name of an establishment · Joinery installation · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2015
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Nursing and midwifery · Geel · since 2015
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Visual arts creation · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2018
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Abbreviation of DIVINISSAE · Ganshoren · since 2019
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Other business support services · Anderlecht · since 2019
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Name of an establishment · Logistics services · Anderlecht · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2022
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Zedelgem · since 2023
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Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2024
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Scheduled passenger transport by road · Wemmel · since 2025
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2026
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1951