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.
“MAIN”
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
10 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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General medical practice · Mons · since 1991
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Computer programming · Kortenberg · since 2001
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Activities of holding companies · Ranst · since 2014
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Bemiddelingsactiviteiten in verband met gespecialiseerde bouwnijverheid · Lessines · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Temse · since 2020
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Full-service restaurants · since 1996
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Abbreviation of MainFrame R · Other education · Braine-l'Alleud · since 2025
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Liège · since 2016
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Name of Mijn leven in de hand · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2016
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since 2019
Names that resemble it 45 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Kraainem · since 2021
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Cafés and bars · Gent · since 2025
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La Louvière · since 1978
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Retail sale of pharmaceutical products · Overijse · since 1982
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Abbreviation of MAATSCHAPPIJ VOOR INVESTERINGEN EN CONSULTING · Market research and public opinion polling · Gistel · since 1987
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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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Cafés and bars · Liège · since 2002
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Abbreviation of MAYERA INTERNATIONAL · Anderlecht · since 2012
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Tremelo · since 2013
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Edegem · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Elsene · since 2009
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Business and other management consultancy · Aubange · since 2005
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On-demand passenger transport by chauffeured vehicle · Wemmel · since 2026
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Design of textile patterns, clothing, jewellery, furniture and decorative items · since 2026
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Raising of other cattle and buffaloes · since 2020
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Nursing and midwifery · since 2022
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Vermogensbeheer · Ukkel · since 1992
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Name of an establishment of INTERNATIONAL COMPLIANCY AND CONSULTANCY · Business and other management consultancy · Grez-Doiceau · since 2020
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Retail sale of household textiles and bedding · Rijkevorsel · since 2023
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Repair and maintenance of machinery · Meerhout · since 2025
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Hotels and similar accommodation · Zonhoven · since 1988
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Name of an establishment of Maïs · Groothandel in kledingaccessoires · Ukkel · since 1994
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Retail sale of automotive fuel · Damme · since 1997
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Abbreviation of Mouvement Artistique d'Improvisation Régional · Fontaine-l'Evêque · since 2013
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Abbreviation of Miles Ahead Investment Company · Vermogensbeheer · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Full-service restaurants · Brugge · since 2017
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Antwerpen · since 2019
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Production of cinema films · Bonheiden · since 2022
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Other information technology and computer services · Brussel · since 2022
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Manufacture of outerwear · Comines-Warneton · since 2023
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Beveren-Kruibeke-Zwijndrecht · since 2010
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since 1978
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Name of an establishment of URBAIN MAITE · Nursing and midwifery · Mons · since 2020
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Retail sale of cars and light vans (up to 3.5 tonnes) · since 2021
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Other cleaning activities · since 2025
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Intermediation services for non-specialised retail · since 2026
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Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified · since 2026
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Helmond · since 1997
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Wired, wireless and satellite telecommunications · Brussel · since 2018
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Real estate agency activities · Beersel · since 2020
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Abbreviation of Maine Développement · Computer programming · Liège · since 2023
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Other information service activities · Pajottegem · since 2026
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Full-service restaurants · Lessines · since 2016
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Schaarbeek · since 2014