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.
“MAKOBEL”
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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Medical imaging and medical laboratories · Anderlecht · since 2025
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Name of an establishment of GRINGO'S DESIGN · Advertising agencies · Antwerpen · since 1987
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Beloeil · since 2021
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Elsene · since 1990
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Schaarbeek · since 2003
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Business and other management consultancy · Aubel · since 2019
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Nieuwpoort · since 2023
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Antwerpen · since 2012
Names that resemble it 23 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Mechelen · since 1998
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Vervaardiging van artikelen van beton voor de bouw · Grobbendonk · since 1986
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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
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Activities of holding companies · Koksijde · since 2013
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General construction of residential buildings · Herstal · since 2018
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Computer programming · Zemst · since 2018
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Abbreviation of Katholiek Onderwijs Beringen en Lummen · Gewoon algemeen secundair onderwijs ingericht door de Gemeenschappen · Beringen · since 1982
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Abbreviation of Korea Belgium Association · since 1991
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Demolition · Antwerpen · since 2015
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Advertising agencies · since 2016
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · since 2018
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Activities of holding companies · Hasselt · since 2020
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Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 2021
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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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Brussel · since 2008
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Scheduled passenger transport by road · Tervuren · since 2024
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Quiévrain · since 1964
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Lokeren · since 1975
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Other postal and courier activities · Elsene · since 2019