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.
“MADDOX”
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
12 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Groothandel in weefsels, stoffen en fournituren · Diest · since 1991
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Name of an establishment of TOM & ILONA · Full-service restaurants · Kortrijk · since 2003
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Kapellen · since 2023
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Rajec · since 2025
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Cafés and bars · since 2011
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2004
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Full-service restaurants · since 1977
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Cafés and bars · Heers · since 2008
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Wholesale of information and communication equipment · Merchtem · since 2016
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Vervaardiging van klokken en horloges · since 2024
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Kortrijk · since 2018
Names that resemble it 14 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Nandrin · since 2026
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Property management for co-owned buildings (syndics) · Affligem · since 1991
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2016
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Employment placement agencies · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2023
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Brussel · since 2003
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Pelt · since 2013
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Kortrijk · since 2014
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Detailhandel in herenbovenkleding · Lasne · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Brussel · since 2020
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of Alta Group · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Brugge · since 2022
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · since 2024
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Brussel · since 1977