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.
“MAKS”
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
7 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Asse · since 1994
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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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Insulation installation · Brugge · since 2009
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Limited-service restaurants, excluding mobile food services · Gent · since 2010
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Sint-Genesius-Rode · since 2026
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Landscape service activities · since 2021
Names that resemble it 45 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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General construction of residential buildings · Beringen · since 2003
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Activities of holding companies · Braine-le-Château · since 2015
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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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Business and other management consultancy · Temse · since 2018
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Advertising agencies · Ranst · since 2019
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Antwerpen · since 2020
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General construction of residential buildings · Leuven · since 2023
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Pre-press and pre-media services · since 2009
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Real estate agency activities · Brussel · since 2011
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Buying and selling of own real estate · Kraainem · since 2012
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General construction of residential buildings · Quaregnon · since 2015
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Groothandel in weefsels, stoffen en fournituren · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Agents in the wholesale of textiles, clothing, fur, footwear and leather goods · since 2012
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Charleroi · since 2023
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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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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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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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Cafés and bars · Brussel · since 2009
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Wholesale of other machinery and equipment · Antwerpen · since 2011
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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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Business and other management consultancy · Sint-Gillis-Waas · 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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Abbreviation of MAKINVEST · Business and other management consultancy · Elsene · since 2025