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.
“MAFF”
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
2 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Graphic design and visual communication · Antwerpen · since 2008
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Activities of holding companies · Rotselaar · since 2010
Names that resemble it 29 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Abbreviation of Caisse Mutuelle d'Allocations Familiales · Ronse · since 1948
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Abbreviation of MENUISERIE ANTI FEU · Roofing work · Herstal · since 1980
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Business and other management consultancy · Schilde · since 1988
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Abbreviation of (M)AF! DE CREATIEVE DROOMFABRIEK · Gent · since 2016
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Landscape service activities · since 2016
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Abbreviation of Machelen Feest · Machelen (Brab.) · since 2017
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Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · Gent · since 2018
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Abbreviation of muzisch Artistieke Factorij · Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Sint-Niklaas · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Motorycle Adventure Friends · Wingene · since 2020
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Specialist medical practice · Quaregnon · since 2009
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Insulation installation · since 2026
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Dental practice · Namur · since 2011
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Name of an establishment of TRUE · Advertising agencies · Antwerpen · since 2007
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2024
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Manufacture of jewellery · since 2024
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Joinery installation · since 2025
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Other postal and courier activities · since 2025
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Wholesale of household textiles and bedding · Wanze · since 1975
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Abbreviation of MATERIEL AGRICOLE FRANCE ET EXPORT · Montmiral · since 1982
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Wholesale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 1986
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Sint-Pieters-Woluwe · since 1989
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Wavre · since 1994
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Business and other management consultancy · since 2014
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Soleuvre · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Mouvements d'Activités et de Formations Universels · Ans · since 2008
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Waimes · since 1991
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Genk · since 2022
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Halle · since 2014
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Tyre services · Wemmel · since 2020