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.
“MAEN IT”
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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Computer programming · Villers-la-Ville · since 2022
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Advertising agencies · Lier · since 2016
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Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles · Meise · since 2005
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Name of an establishment of MAES HOLDING · Computer programming · Antwerpen · since 2020
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Retail sale of clothing and accessories for women, men, children and babies (general range) · since 1982
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Psychology services · since 2018
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Detailhandel in sanitaire artikelen en sanitair installatiemateriaal · Zedelgem · since 1993
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Mouscron · since 2017
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Abbreviation of Music Art & Entertainment · Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Houthalen-Helchteren · since 2018
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Joinery installation · Arendonk · since 2022
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Bricklaying and masonry work · since 2008
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2022
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Retail sale of bicycles · La Louvière · since 2023
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Physiotherapy · Gent · since 2024
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Organisation of conventions and trade shows · Roeselare · since 2025
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Name of an establishment · Business and other management consultancy · Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2017
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Brugge · since 1976