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.
“MADOC”
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
22 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Book publishing · Ieper · since 1994
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Leuven · since 2001
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Full-service restaurants · Destelbergen · since 2021
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Ledegem · since 1970
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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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Nursing and midwifery · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2024
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Activities of building architects · Brussel · since 2025
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Leuven · since 2019
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General medical practice · Mouscron · since 2025
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Roofing work · Hasselt · since 2026
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Brussel · since 1949
Names that resemble it 34 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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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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Business and other management consultancy · since 2014
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General medical practice · Mons · since 2014
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General construction of residential buildings · Stekene · since 2005
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Performing arts by independent artists · Antwerpen · since 2006
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Other support activities for arts and performing arts · Bornem · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Koninklijke Maatschappij der Doven van Antwerpen en Omstreken · Antwerpen · since 1931
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Elsene · since 2001
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Service activities incidental to land transportation · Evere · since 2013
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Full-service restaurants · Hoogstraten · since 2016
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Raising of other animals · Verviers · since 2017
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Activities of lawyers · Oostende · since 2017
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Vermogensbeheer · Wevelgem · since 2020
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Abbreviation of MADOSO Invest · Geel · since 2011
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Wholesale of electrical household appliances and audio-video equipment · Grimbergen · since 2012
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Abbreviation of Organisations Management & Development AISBL · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 2006
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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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Business and other management consultancy · Beringen · 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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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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Abbreviation of MARITIME AGENCY FOR DEVELOPMENT OF NAVIGATION - AGENTSCHAP VOOR UITBOUW VAN SCHEEPVAART · Vrachtbehandeling in zeehavens · Antwerpen · since 1986
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since 1995