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.
“MADAIN”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Tremelo · since 2013
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Lichtervelde · since 1994
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Ukkel · since 1991
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Ramillies · since 1995
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Cafés and bars · Liège · since 2002
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Retail sale of footwear · Deinze · since 2022
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Edegem · since 2022
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Book publishing · since 2008
Names that resemble it 45 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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General medical practice · Mons · since 1991
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Computer programming · Kortenberg · since 2001
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Activities of holding companies · Ranst · since 2014
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Maasmechelen · since 2017
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Vervaardiging van radiatoren, stoomketels en ketels voor centrale verwarming · since 2006
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Bemiddelingsactiviteiten in verband met gespecialiseerde bouwnijverheid · Lessines · since 2025
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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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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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Joinery installation · Hamme (Vl.) · since 2015
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Nursing and midwifery · Geel · since 2015
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Other retail sale of food · since 1992
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Visual arts creation · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2019
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Abbreviation of DIVINISSAE · Ganshoren · since 2019
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Logistics services · Anderlecht · since 2020
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General cleaning of buildings · Oosterzele · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Gent · since 2022
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Sint-Niklaas · since 2022
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2012
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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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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1951