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.
“MALAWA”
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
14 registered enterprises with a name easily confused with yours.
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Joinery installation · Chaumont-Gistoux · since 2021
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Activities of lawyers · Aalst · since 2019
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Other business support services · Wevelgem · since 2021
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Other retail sale of food · Gent · since 2022
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Nijlen · since 2005
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Agents specialised in the wholesale of other particular products · Roeselare · since 1987
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Activities of lawyers · Roeselare · since 2015
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Activities of holding companies · Gent · since 2016
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Logistics services · Antwerpen · since 2017
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Other education · since 2022
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Computer consultancy and computer facilities management · since 2023
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Nutrition and dietetics services · since 2024
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Public relations and communication consultancy · since 2024
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · Zandhoven · since 2018
Names that resemble it 26 registered names with shared words or a related spelling.
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Hairdressing and barber services · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Deinze · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Maaseik · since 2024
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Artisanal bread and fresh pastry making · Grimbergen · since 1983
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Nutrition and dietetics services · Genk · since 2013
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Wholesale of other food products · since 2014
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Vermogensbeheer · Brasschaat · since 2019
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Freight transport by road · Sint-Jans-Molenbeek · since 2022
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Business and other management consultancy · Stabroek · since 2012
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Full-service restaurants · Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe · since 2004
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Activities of holding companies · Maaseik · since 2024
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Business and other management consultancy · Kortemark · since 2026
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Beauty care and other beauty treatments · since 2026
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Cafés and bars · Liège · since 2002
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Development of residential building projects · Ninove · since 2014
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Business and other management consultancy · Ardooie · since 2016
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Washing and cleaning of motor vehicles · Haaltert · since 2017
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Vervaardiging van koffers, tassen, zadel- en tuigmakerswerk van ongeacht welk materiaal · since 2019
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Business and other management consultancy · Kortrijk · since 2021
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Non-scheduled passenger transport by road · since 2023
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Other professional, scientific and technical activities · Edegem · since 2022
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Antwerpen · since 2022
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Non-specialised retail sale with food, beverages or tobacco predominating · Brussel · since 2024
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Full-service restaurants · Antwerpen · since 2023
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Cafés and bars · since 2021
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Full-service restaurants · Herzele · since 2012