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.
“MAHLA”
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
19 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Activities of lawyers · Mechelen · since 1994
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since 2020
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Name of an establishment of DOUBLE E · Detailhandel in overig textiel · Vorst · since 2008
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Antwerpen · since 2024
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since 2024
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Logistics services · since 2024
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Video and film production, excluding cinema and television films · since 2026
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Support activities for crop production · Rijkevorsel · since 1986
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Activities of holding companies · Sint-Laureins · since 1996
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Business and other management consultancy · Meise · since 1999
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Full-service restaurants · since 2018
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General construction of residential buildings · Brugge · since 2018
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Mechelen · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Antwerpen · since 2021
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2005
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Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures · Carcroft Doncaster · since 2007
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Retail sale of wines and spirits · Gent · since 2025
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2005
Names that resemble it 4 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Activities of lawyers · since 2022
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Abbreviation of Le Meilleur ami de l'Homme · Cafés and bars · Gerpinnes · since 1979
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Joinery installation · since 2019
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Verwerking en conservering van aardappelen, exclusief productie van diepgevroren aardappelbereidingen · Wavre · since 2025