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.
“MADRE”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Development of residential building projects · Alveringem · since 2016
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Activities of holding companies · Châtelet · since 2023
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Hensies · since 2006
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Full-service restaurants · Gent · since 2021
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Hairdressing and barber services · Sint-Truiden · since 2019
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Brugge · since 2022
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Brussel · since 2004
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Name of an establishment of APANAGE · Full-service restaurants · Assesse · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of VIVALYS · Rusthuizen voor ouderen (ROB) · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 1988
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Full-service restaurants · Hoogstraten · since 2016
Names that resemble it 41 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Temse · since 2017
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Business and other management consultancy · Beaumont · since 2025
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Oosterzele · since 2018
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Activities of holding companies · Duffel · since 2005
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Activiteiten op het gebied van psychotherapie · La Louvière · since 1994
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Business and other management consultancy · Halle · since 2000
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2001
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Antwerpen · since 2001
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Business and other management consultancy · Heers · since 2002
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Cafés and bars · since 1998
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brussel · since 2024
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Lanaken · since 1992
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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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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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Abbreviation of STOCK ACADEMY · Other amusement and recreation activities · La Louvière · since 2014
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Vervaardiging van andere artikelen van beton, cement en gips · since 2024
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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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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Beringen · since 2017
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Retail sale of other second-hand goods, excluding clothing · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of FIMELDA · Hairdressing and barber services · Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 2018
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Abbreviation of MaD Insights · Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Ham · since 2020
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Other activities auxiliary to financial services, excluding insurance and pension funding · Trooz · since 2020
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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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Abbreviation of MAD Rudi · Support activities for crop production · Linter · since 2011
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2005
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Abbreviation of Motorshop Arend Dobbelaere · Other maintenance and repair of motor vehicles · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2026
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2007
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1988
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Verhuur en lease van machines, apparatuur en handgereedschap voor doe-het-zelvers · Veurne · since 2011
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Activities of building architects · since 2017
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Anderlecht · since 2015