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.
“MADRID”
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
11 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2001
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Antwerpen · since 2001
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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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Business and other management consultancy · Heers · since 2002
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Brussel · since 2024
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Event catering · Namur · since 2017
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Full-service restaurants
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · Brugge · since 2012
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Full-service restaurants · since 1987
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2023
Names that resemble it 15 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Wholesale of machine tools · Bree · since 1963
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Business and other management consultancy · Lubbeek · since 2018
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Verhuur en lease van machines, apparatuur en handgereedschap voor doe-het-zelvers · Veurne · since 2011
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Plastering work · Court-Saint-Etienne · since 2003
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Scheduled passenger transport by road · Mons · since 2025
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Development of residential building projects · Tongeren-Borgloon · since 2023
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Activities of holding companies · Herentals · since 2011
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Development of residential building projects · Alveringem · since 2016
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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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Activities of holding companies · Châtelet · since 2023
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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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Site preparation · since 2003