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.
“MAKER”
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
18 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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General construction of residential buildings · since 2021
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Public relations and communication consultancy · Gent · since 2012
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Graphic design and visual communication · since 2023
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General construction of residential buildings · Wezembeek-Oppem · since 2025
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Retail sale of souvenirs and religious articles · since 2026
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Activities of holding companies · Zedelgem · since 2020
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Market research and public opinion polling · Aalst · since 1989
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Activities of building architects · Overijse · since 2022
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Activities of building architects · Gent · since 2020
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Retail sale of meat and meat products, excluding game and poultry · Wanze · since 2022
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2025
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Advertising agencies · Roeselare · since 1984
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Installation of electric heating, air conditioning, cooling and ventilation · Nazareth-De Pinte · since 2020
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Kontich · since 2022
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · Herstappe · since 2004
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Business and other management consultancy · Knokke-Heist · since 2024
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Wholesale of other household goods · since 1988
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Activities of building architects · Gent · since 2024
Names that resemble it 37 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other business support services · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Agents in the wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco · Edegem · since 2018
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Other non-specialised retail sale · Beersel · since 2020
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Manufacture of other builders' carpentry and joinery · since 2021
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Detailhandel in kledingstoffen · Hamont-Achel · since 2021
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Other building cleaning and industrial cleaning · Mechelen · since 2012
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Abbreviation of Flanders Make · Other research and development on natural sciences · Lommel · since 2003
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Retail sale of household furniture · Messancy · since 2005
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Advertising agencies · Antwerpen · since 2008
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 1989
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Activities of holding companies · Roeselare · since 2001
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2020
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Name of an establishment of p.v.Way · Computer programming · Wavre · since 1996
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Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Pelt · since 2025
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Graphic design and visual communication · Oosterzele · since 2013
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Name of an establishment of M4KE.IT · Engineering and related technical consultancy, excluding land surveyors · Liège · since 2014
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Abbreviation of MAKE IT Namur Music Collective · Namur · since 2016
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Retail sale of bread and pastry (bakery outlets) · since 2018
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Office administrative and support services · Zandhoven · since 2016
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Joinery installation · Kaprijke · since 2021
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Activities of holding companies · Ninove · since 2022
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Full-service restaurants · Sint-Truiden · since 2022
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Development of residential building projects · Boutersem · since 2023
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Other photographic activities · Gent · since 2009
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · Destelbergen · since 2011
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Abbreviation of MAKE FOR YOU · La Louvière · since 2011
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2008
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General construction of residential buildings · Beringen · since 2003
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Freight transport by road · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2015
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Floor and wall tiling · Beringen · since 2018
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Photography, excluding press photography · since 2019
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2009
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Kraainem · since 2012
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Performing arts by artistic ensembles · Keerbergen · since 1993
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Detailhandel in onderkleding, lingerie en strand- en badkleding · Kasterlee · since 2011