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.
“MAKO”
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
4 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Antwerpen · since 1983
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Name of an establishment of ELLA 88 · Renting and operating of own or leased residential real estate, excluding social housing · Rijkevorsel · since 1994
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Antwerpen · since 2011
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Day spas, saunas and steam baths · since 2008
Names that resemble it 50 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Advertising agencies · since 2016
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Activities of holding companies · Hasselt · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Watermaal-Bosvoorde · since 2023
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · Sint-Martens-Latem · since 2012
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Full-service restaurants · since 1979
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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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Full-service restaurants · Evere · since 2017
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Floor and wall tiling · Beringen · since 2018
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Pet care services, excluding veterinary services · since 2020
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Antwerpen · since 2020
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Groothandel in levende dieren, muv levend vee · Geel · since 2021
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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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Advertising agencies · Verviers · since 2004
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Brussel · since 2024
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Namur · since 2009
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Activities of holding companies · Heusden-Zolder · since 2005
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Medical imaging and medical laboratories · Anderlecht · since 2025
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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2025
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Asse · since 1994
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Activities of holding companies · Schoten · since 2015
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Business and other management consultancy · Heusden-Zolder · since 2015
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Other business support services · Antwerpen · since 2016
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Advertising agencies · Nijlen · since 2016
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Pre-press and pre-media 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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Activities of holding companies · Zottegem · since 2021
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Abbreviation of MapLE AKoustic Lht · Vermogensbeheer · Mons · since 2021
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Detailhandel in kledingstoffen · Hamont-Achel · since 2021
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Freight transport by road · Brussel · since 2022
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Verhuur en lease van machines en installaties voor de bouwnijverheid en de weg- en waterbouw · Westerlo · since 2023
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Kampeer- en caravanterreinen · Bertrix · since 2023
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Raising of dairy cattle · Geel · since 2009
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Insulation installation · Brugge · since 2009
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Cafés and bars · Brussel · since 2009
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Activities of holding companies · Beringen · since 2011
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Manufacture of dining room, living room, bedroom and bathroom furniture · Merelbeke-Melle · since 2011
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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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Eghezée · since 2006
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Name of an establishment of BVBA MAKI · Other business support services · Kasterlee · since 2007
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Advertising agencies · Antwerpen · since 2008
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Abbreviation of Maasmechelse Kunstkring · Promotion and organisation of arts and performing arts events · Maasmechelen · since 2023
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Other software publishing · Mesen · since 2024
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Joinery installation · Hasselt · since 2025
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Gent · since 2010