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.
“MADEMAX”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Tienen · since 2026
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Joinery installation · Stekene · since 2006
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Groothandel in spijsoliën en -vetten · Kortrijk · since 2021
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Detailhandel in zuivelproducten en eieren · Ukkel · since 2015
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Wuustwezel · since 2020
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Diepenbeek · since 2005
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Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · Namur · since 2024
Names that resemble it 49 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Real estate agency activities · Heusden-Zolder · since 1980
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Elsene · since 1988
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Gent · since 1993
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Full-service restaurants · Liège · since 1996
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Aiseau-Presles · since 1998
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Name of an establishment of YVES VAN MALDEGHEM · Full-service restaurants · Oostende · since 1999
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Roofing work · Gavere · since 2000
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2003
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Retail sale of women's outerwear
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Name of an establishment of FANNY · Other non-specialised retail sale · Lebbeke · since 2016
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 1994
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · Ninove · since 2017
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Retail sale of pets, pet food and pet supplies · since 1999
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Other support activities for arts and performing arts · since 2018
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Wevelgem · since 2018
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Advertising agencies · since 1992
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Kortrijk · since 2013
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 1992
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Other support activities for arts and performing arts · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2021
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2026
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Abbreviation of MAXIMUS · Saint-Nicolas · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of PANA MANAGEMENT · Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Knokke-Heist · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Puurs-Sint-Amands · since 2023
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since 1995
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Bilzen-Hoeselt · since 2008
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Other business support services · since 2024
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Edegem · since 2025
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Kapellen · since 2026
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Activities of head offices · Gent · since 2026
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Verhuur en lease van medisch en paramedisch materieel · Liège · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Lede · since 2005
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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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Antwerpen · since 1981