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.
“MADO”
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
13 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Name of an establishment of Centre public d'Action sociale de Mons · Ondersteunende diensten in verband met de bosbouw · Mons · since 1968
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Name of an establishment of HUmani · Activiteiten van algemene ziekenhuizen, muv geriatrische en gespecialiseerde ziekenhuizen · Charleroi · since 1937
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Zottegem · since 1983
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Wholesale of perfume and cosmetics · Antwerpen · since 1986
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Trade name of DOMINIQUE BUYSSCHAERT · Activities of interior architects · Overijse · since 1989
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Gent · since 1991
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Other education · since 2014
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Vermogensbeheer · Mechelen · since 2015
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Freight transport by road · Schaarbeek · since 2010
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Ieper · since 1984
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Advertising agencies · since 2016
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2025
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Vermogensbeheer · Wevelgem · since 2020
Names that resemble it 47 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Ledegem · since 1970
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Book publishing · Ieper · since 1994
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Personenvervoer door de lucht · Lievegem · since 2002
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Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies · Gent · since 2016
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Activities of lawyers · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2019
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General construction of residential buildings · Anderlecht · since 2020
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Plumbing work · Braine-le-Comte · since 2021
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Cafés and bars · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2010
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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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Physiotherapy · since 2005
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Cafés and bars · Heers · since 2008
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Nursing and midwifery · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2024
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Activities of building architects · Brussel · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Koninklijke Maatschappij der Doven van Antwerpen en Omstreken · Antwerpen · since 1931
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Abbreviation of MONTAGE, AFFICHAGE, DEMONTAGE · Advertising agencies · La Louvière · since 1995
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Abbreviation of MANAGEMENT ADVICE & DEVELOPMENT · Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2000
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Name of an establishment · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Tessenderlo-Ham · since 2001
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Abbreviation of MUSSON ACTIVITES DETENTE · Musson · since 2001
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BALATON · since 2002
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Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Deinze · since 2002
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Abbreviation of MARKET ADVICE DESPLENTER · Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2003
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Service activities incidental to land transportation · Evere · since 2013
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Abbreviation of Matthys Architecture & Design · Activities of building architects · Wavre · since 2015
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Genk · since 2015
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Full-service restaurants · Hoogstraten · since 2016
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2016
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Raising of other animals · Verviers · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Beringen · since 2017
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Activities of lawyers · Oostende · since 2017
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Abbreviation of MaD Insights · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Ham · since 2020
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Trooz · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · Destelbergen · since 2021
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Lievens-Houtem · since 2021
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Other business support services · Zedelgem · since 2023
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Name of an establishment of MAD MARKETING AND HR · Market research and public opinion polling · Tremelo · since 2009
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Pittem · since 2010
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Grimbergen · since 2012
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2005
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Abbreviation of Organisations Management & Development AISBL · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2006
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Westerlo · since 2024
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Brussel · since 1949
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Name of an establishment of MARITIME AGENCY FOR DEVELOPMENT OF NAVIGATION - AGENTSCHAP VOOR UITBOUW VAN SCHEEPVAART · Vrachtbehandeling in zeehavens · Antwerpen · since 1986
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Activities of building architects · since 2017