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.
“MADEF”
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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Buying and selling of own real estate · Liège · since 2010
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Business and other management consultancy · Kortrijk · since 2026
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Ukkel · since 1989
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Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified · since 1990
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Flémalle · since 1999
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Abbreviation of MAGHREB DEVELOPPEMENT · Schaarbeek · since 2001
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Retail sale of other cultural and recreation goods · Vorst · since 2016
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Plumbing work · since 2019
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Full-service restaurants · Drogenbos · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Moorslede · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Gavere · since 2021
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Maarkedal · since 2022
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Finishing of textiles · since 2022
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Risk and damage evaluation · Wevelgem · since 2011
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Retail sale of souvenirs and religious articles · since 2011
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Business and other management consultancy · Hove · since 2012
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Repair and maintenance of electrical equipment · Mouscron · since 2023
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Plumbing work · Brugge · since 2024
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Zuienkerke · since 2024
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Cafés and bars · Roeselare · since 2026
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Cafés and bars · Schaarbeek · since 2026
Names that resemble it 34 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Gent · since 1981
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Photography, excluding press photography · Halle · since 2014
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Activities of holding companies · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2015
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Activities of lawyers · Zemst · since 2016
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Insulation installation · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Bierbeek · since 2019
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Computer programming · Mechelen · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Brugge · since 2009
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Abbreviation of Maintenance Automation Development Europe · General electrical installation work · Sint-Lievens-Houtem · since 2005
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Abbreviation of Mutuelle des Alternatives d'Auto-Développement · Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve · since 2007
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Other business support services · Etterbeek · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2024
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Other education · since 2024
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2025
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General construction of residential buildings · Kuurne · since 2026
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Etterbeek · since 2022
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Growing of pome and stone fruits · Herk-de-Stad · since 2004
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Podiatry and foot care · Geel · since 1999
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Name of an establishment of CORNELISSEN + ALBERT · Bouw van bruggen en tunnels · Hulshout · since 1988
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Socio-cultural adult education · since 2017
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Detailhandel in glas-, porselein- en aardewerk en in niet-elektrische huishoudelijke artikelen
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Name of an establishment of BIJ MADELIEF · Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Bocholt · since 2021
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Socio-cultural adult education · since 2008
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Name of an establishment of Dienst Onthaalouders Oudenaarde Junior · Kinderopvang door onthaalouders · Oudenaarde · since 2004
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Certified accountants and tax accountants · Wellin · since 1987
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Koksijde · since 1997
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Business and other management consultancy · Tremelo · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Liège · since 2017
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · Brussel · since 2017
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Painting of buildings · Brussel · since 2017
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Zandhoven · since 2013
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Lievens-Houtem · since 2021
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Wavre · since 2021
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · Vorst · since 2017