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.
“MAELE”
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
15 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Business and other management consultancy · Brugge · since 2014
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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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Abbreviation of Maëlle et la Cie de Lu se mobilisent · Verviers · since 2025
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Samenstellen en uitzenden van televisieprogramma’s en distributie van video’s · Rochefort · since 1975
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Abbreviation of Middenstandsactie Zele · Zele · since 1995
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Installation of industrial machinery and equipment · Boechout · since 2014
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Opwijk · since 2016
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Vermogensbeheer · Aalst · since 2013
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Specialist medical practice · Waterloo · since 2010
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Other tax advisory services · Montigny-le-Tilleul · since 2005
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Elsene · since 2026
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Computer programming · since 2026
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Business and other management consultancy · Brugge · since 2019
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Abbreviation of Music Art & Entertainment · Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2018
Names that resemble it 26 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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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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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · since 2016
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Urban planning and landscape architecture · since 2021
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Vermogensbeheer · Roeselare · since 2014
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Office administrative and support services · since 2026
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since 2011
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Groothandel in overig textiel · Tubize · since 2021
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Overige maatschappelijke dienstverlening met huisvesting, n.e.g. · Rixensart · since 2010
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Specialist medical practice · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2003
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 2026
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Abbreviation of Magic Air Events · Operation of sports facilities · Rochefort · 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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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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Abbreviation of MINISTERE APOSTOLIQUE EMMANUEL · Assesse · since 2011
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since 2018
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2019
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since 1983
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Psychology services · since 2021
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Nursing and midwifery · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2016
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Full-service restaurants · Seraing · since 2018
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Literary creation · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Oostkamp · since 2024
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Vervaardiging van metalen deuren en vensters · Wingene · since 2025
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · Hasselt · since 2000