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.
“MAESL”
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
3 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Name of an establishment of L. Maes · Freight transport by road · Ledegem · since 2005
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Tubize · since 2024
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Name of an establishment of M-Trac · Groothandel in machines, werktuigen en toebehoren voor de landbouw · Zwalm · since 1995
Names that resemble it 58 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Name of an establishment of Openbaar Centrum voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn van Tremelo · Openbare Centra voor Maatschappelijk Welzijn (OCMW) · Tremelo · since 1968
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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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Literary creation · 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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Pig breeding farms · Assenede · since 2010
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Floor and wall tiling · since 2003
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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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Gent · since 2007
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Agents in non-specialised wholesale trade · Dentergem · since 2026
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Vervaardiging van kantoor- en winkelmeubelen · Malle · since 1980
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General electrical installation work · Ham-sur-Heure-Nalinnes · since 1996
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Koksijde · since 1997
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Retail sale of electrical household appliances · since 1991
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Growing of vegetables, melons, roots and tubers · since 1970
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since 1994
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since 1997
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since 2018
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Mixed farming · since 1993
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since 1983
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Other software publishing · since 2019
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Performing arts by independent artists · since 2000
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Other business support services · since 2023
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Households as employers of domestic personnel · since 2023
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2023
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since 1978
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Mixed farming · since 2007
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Painting of buildings · since 2007
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Other business support services · since 2024
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Other education · since 2013
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Translation services · since 2017
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Activities of holding companies · Geel · since 2020
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Activities of building architects · since 2021
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Advertising agencies · since 2021
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Vrachtbehandeling in zeehavens · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2012
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Other non-specialised retail sale · since 2023
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Roofing work · since 2024
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Activities of lawyers · since 2024
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2025
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Other personal services · since 2026
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Zaventem · since 1984
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Name of an establishment of LGR · Support activities for crop production · Brugge · since 2013