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.
“MAKASSAR”
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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Travel agency activities · Aywaille · since 1993
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Groothandel in kranten, boeken en tijdschriften · Paris · since 2024
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General construction of residential buildings · Brasschaat · since 2016
Names that resemble it 13 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Hairdressing and barber services · Genk · since 2008
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Retail sale of newspapers and periodicals · Liège · since 2002
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Other amusement and recreation activities · Maaseik · since 2012
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Ukkel · since 2025
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Wholesale of fruit and vegetables, excluding potatoes · Mortsel · since 1989
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since 1991
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Hairdressing and barber services · Mechelen · since 1999
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2018
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Name of an establishment of Massart-Santermans · Support activities for animal production · Bierbeek · since 2018
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Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds · Kortenaken · since 2010
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Sports and recreation education · since 2024
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Kampeer- en caravanterreinen · Bertrix · since 2023
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Antwerpen · since 1984