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.
“MAIDO”
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
8 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Specialised image, lighting and sound technical services · Sint-Gillis (bij-Brussel) · since 1996
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General medical practice · Antwerpen · since 2022
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Guest rooms (bed and breakfast) · Meix-devant-Virton · since 2007
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Brussel · since 1986
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Activities of holding companies · Essen · since 1990
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Retail sale of lighting equipment · since 1987
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Book publishing · Ieper · since 2007
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Lokeren · since 1979
Names that resemble it 12 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · Rumst · since 2017
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General electrical installation work · Wielsbeke · since 2019
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Anderlecht · since 2020
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Abbreviation of MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES INTERNATIONAL · Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Chaudfontaine · since 1990
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Business and other management consultancy · Neupré · since 1995
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Abbreviation of MAYERA INTERNATIONAL · Anderlecht · since 2012
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Full-service restaurants · Elsene · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Truiden · since 2016
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · since 2018
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Péruwelz · since 2024
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Activities of holding companies · Ranst · since 2015
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Abbreviation of Maison du Carrelage (J. Stassart et Fils) · Ans · since 1968