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.
“MAEL”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Groothandel in aanhangwagens, opleggers en caravans · since 2018
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Development of residential building projects · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Full-service restaurants · Seraing · since 2018
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Business and other management consultancy · Oostkamp · since 2024
Names that resemble it 55 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Business and other management consultancy · Brugge · since 2014
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Abbreviation of Maëlle et la Cie de Lu se mobilisent · Other sports activities · Verviers · since 2025
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Abbreviation of Magic Air Events · Operation of sports facilities · Rochefort · since 2013
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Vermogensbeheer · Aalst · since 2013
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Abbreviation of M Automotive Engineering · General maintenance and repair of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Jabbeke · since 2021
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Groothandel in overig textiel · Tubize · since 2021
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Antwerpen · since 2009
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Other personal services · since 2011
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Overige maatschappelijke dienstverlening met huisvesting, n.e.g. · Rixensart · since 2010
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Abbreviation of MINISTERE APOSTOLIQUE EMMANUEL · Assesse · since 2011
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Specialist medical practice · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2003
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Wholesale of clothing, excluding workwear and underwear · since 2025
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Market research and public opinion polling · Antwerpen · since 2026
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2026
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Schaarbeek · since 2013
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Nursing and midwifery · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2016
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Literary creation · since 2022
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Vervaardiging van metalen deuren en vensters · Wingene · since 2025
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Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 1979
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Name of an establishment of N.V.MAES · Verhuur en lease van machines en installaties voor de bouwnijverheid en de weg- en waterbouw · Zandhoven · since 1980
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Groothandel in veevoeders · Dentergem · since 1983
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Wholesale of agricultural produce and animal feed, general range · Wortegem-Petegem · since 1983
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Gistel · since 1985
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Site preparation · Beringen · since 1988
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Vervaardiging van radiatoren, stoomketels en ketels voor centrale verwarming · Turnhout · since 1990
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Plumbing work · Dessel · since 1991
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Floor and wall tiling · Deinze · since 1994
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Full-service restaurants · Mol · since 1997
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Production of electricity from non-renewable sources · Genk · since 2000
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Other business support services · Wellen · since 2003
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Business and other management consultancy · Lochristi · since 2014
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Raising of dairy cattle · Lommel · since 2014
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Activities of lawyers · since 2015
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Advertising agencies · Lier · since 2016
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Literary creation · since 2016
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Joinery installation · since 2016
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Business and other management consultancy · Brugge · since 2017
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Vermogensbeheer · Antwerpen · since 2005
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Other building finishing work · Tielt · since 2021
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Abbreviation of Monastic Association for Encounter and Dialogue · Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2022
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Activiteiten van slachthuizen · Mons · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · Seneffe · since 2010
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Pig breeding farms · Assenede · since 2010
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Floor and wall tiling · since 2003
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Abbreviation of Maison Emmanuel · Charleroi · since 2005
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Bouw van civiele schepen en drijvend materieel · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of L'UNIQUE · Retail sale of automotive fuel · Bornem · since 2007
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Other printing · Wielsbeke · since 2007
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Gent · since 2007
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2023
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Activities of building architects · Oostende · since 2023
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Physiotherapy · Herent · since 2024
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Dentergem · since 2026
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Name of an establishment · Activities of head offices · Brasschaat · since 2026
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Brugge · since 1976