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 Trading”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Rixensart · since 2026
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Retail sale of games and toys · Brugge · since 2021
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Retail sale of bicycles · Denderleeuw · since 2020
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since 2007
Names that resemble it 47 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Anderlecht · since 2019
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Photography, excluding press photography · Heuvelland · since 1989
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Activities of holding companies · Oud-Turnhout · since 1998
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Menen · since 2014
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Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · Maasmechelen · since 2016
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Groothandel in ijzerwaren · Anderlecht · since 2018
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since 1987
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Retail sale of household furniture · Zemst · since 2007
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Business and other management consultancy · Ukkel · since 2014
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2018
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Agents in the wholesale of industrial machinery, ships and aircraft · Diksmuide · since 2022
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Vervaardiging van koffers, tassen, zadel- en tuigmakerswerk van ongeacht welk materiaal · since 1972
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Other retail sale of food · since 2000
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Gent · since 2023
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Izegem · since 2002
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Dentergem · since 2011
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Wholesale of other food products · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2024
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Abbreviation of CMSOFT.EU · Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Affligem · since 1984
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Non-specialised wholesale trade · Zoersel · since 1991
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Groothandel in overige bouwmaterialen · Beringen · since 2001
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General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2001
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Lokeren · since 2013
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Eghezée · since 2016
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Groothandel in kantoor- en schoolbenodigdheden · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2017
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since 2018
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Nivelles · since 2019
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Construction of utility projects for electricity and telecommunications · Lokeren · since 2022
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Dilbeek · since 2023
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2023
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Landscape service activities · since 2023
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Activities of holding companies · Zulte · since 2008
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Turnhout · since 2009
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Cafés and bars · Brussel · since 2009
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Zwevegem · since 2004
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Brussel · since 2007
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Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Koekelare · since 2007
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2024
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Retail sale of pets, pet food and pet supplies · Jemeppe-sur-Sambre · since 2025
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Other financial services · since 2026
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Schaarbeek · since 2026
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SOFIA · since 2001
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Wholesale of timber · since 1989
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Enghien · since 2002
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Abbreviation of MANUFACTURING & TRADING · Kortrijk · since 2018
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2023